Tate Liverpool – Symposium
The Art School Dance: Art into Pop, Pop into Art
A symposium on cross-overs between art and music including an exploration of the links between art school education, the growth of post-1950s British pop music and the importance of art to pop and pop to art. The Art School Dance includes special keynote presentations by Michael Bracewell – writer, cultural commentator, a member of the Turner Prize 2007 jury and author of ‘Re-make/Re-model: Art, Pop, Fashion and the making of Roxy Music, 1953 – 1972’; and the artist Jamie Reid – Art Director for the Sex Pistols, Afro Celt Sound System, numerous other bands and political causes. Devised by Prof. Colin Fallows, Liverpool John Moores University.
In collaboration with Prof. Colin Fallows and Liverpool John Moores University
Day 1 Friday 21 September
Venue Foyer, Tate Liverpool, Albert Dock
18:00 Launch Reception and Symposium Registration
Open to all Symposium delegates
Welcome to Tate Liverpool
Dr. Christoph Grunenberg
Director of Tate Liverpool
Welcome to The Art School Dance: Art into Pop, Pop into Art
Colin Fallows
Professor of Sound and Visual Arts,
Liverpool School of Art and Design, Liverpool John Moores University
Soundworks
Mat Gregory
Artist/Writer/Lecturer
Liverpool School of Art and Design, Liverpool John Moores University
19:00 – 20.00 Exhibition
Peter Blake: A Retrospective
Day 2 Saturday 22 September
Venue The Auditorium – Tate Liverpool
Side One
09:00 Registration and Reception
09:30 Introduction to The Art School Dance: Art into Pop, Pop into Art
Colin Fallows
09:45 Keynote
Michael Bracewell
10:30 Moderated Question and Answer Session
Moderator: Colin Fallows
10:45 BREAK
11:00 Presentations
Rob Chapman
Barry Miles
12:00 Moderated Question and Answer Session
Moderator: Cathy Butterworth
12.15 Presentation
Jon Savage
12:45 BUFFET LUNCH
Peter Blake: A Retrospective – open to all symposium delegates
Side Two
14:00 Keynote
Jamie Reid in conversation with Vicki Maguire
14:45 Moderated Question and Answer Session
Moderator: Vicki Maguire
15:00 BREAK
15:15 Presentations
Bryan Biggs
Simon Warner
16:15 Moderated Question and Answer Session
Moderator: Colin Fallows
17:00 Close
Tate Liverpool The Auditorium
£65 (£50 concessions), booking required
Price includes refreshments
For tickets, call 0151 702 7400
