Balkanising Taxonomy
A symposium and exhibition supported by the Constance Howard Resource and Research Centre in Textiles and Graduate Office,Goldsmiths, University of London
Symposium – Saturday November 15thfrom 10:00am to 5:30pm
Richard Hoggart Building, Room 309, Goldsmiths
Exhibition - 27th October – 27th November:Private View 27th October 6-8pm
Constance Howard Resource and Research Centre in Textiles & KingswayCorridor
Context
This symposium/exhibitio n aims to interrogate notions of Balkanidentity, and trouble the impulse to create a stable taxonomic account of the Eastern European subject. Through the construction of protective preservation chambers (light-safe boxes sewn out of black felt), fetishized Balkan can onlybe encountered through a small peephole. Also, photographs of Balkan people areplaced in glass jars, to ensure that they are not physically handled by theviewing public. The voyeuristic impulse hidden behind the project ofpreservation is exposed, where the boxes and jars claim to protect the objectsfrom light and decay, but instead contribute to widening the gap between the(Western) self and (Balkan) other. The labels which
accompany the garments andphotographs contain a mixture of factual and imagined information, once morecalling into question the taxonomic urge, and highlighting the problematicprocess at work behind studying and representing the other.
Through the methods of conservation employed in this project, which intensify the relationship between the merging of scientific and absurd classification practices, the curators hope to contribute visually to thealready vast field of study which questions the space from which the Balkansubject is formed.
Registration
Concessions: £5
Full registration: £15
Cut of date for registration: 7 November 2008.
Note. No refunds will be given after 15 November 2008. Cancellations andrefunds before 7 November will be subject to a £10.00 administrative charge.
All cheques should be made payable to Goldsmiths College and sent to thefollowing address:
Constance Howard Resource and Research Centre in Textiles
Goldsmiths, University of London
Deptford Town Hall Building
New Cross Road
London
SE14 6AF
Tel: 02077172210
Email: connitex@gold. ac.uk
Balkanizing Taxonomy – Timetable
Symposium– Saturday 15th of November 2008, RHB 309, Goldsmiths University
10.00 Registration
10.20 Opening remarks - Janis Jefferies, Director,Constance Howard Resource and Research Centre in Textiles (CHRRCT), Goldsmiths &Nela Milic, PhD candidate, Visual Sociology, Goldsmiths
10.30 Archiveas practice –chair Nela Milic
Screeningof the film “Etui” by Maja Bajevic, commissioned by the CHRRCT
AltheaGreenan – MAKE: The Womans Art Library, Goldsmiths
Sophie Hope, PhD candidate and visiting tutor, Birkbeck
Q&A
11.45 Tea and Coffee break (Chesterman Room)
12.00 Representation and the Balkans – chair Dr Eric Gordy, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, UCL
Zlatan Krajina – PhD candidate, Media and Communications, Goldsmiths
Jasmina Cibic – fine artist, MA Fine Arts, Goldsmiths
Q&A
13.00 Lunch – Screening of artist videos in RHB 309
(Terminal00 archive films, Larisa Blazic – University of Westminster, Maria Theodoraki – University of the Arts) and visit to the exhibition at CHRRCT
14.00 Politicising Balkan Art – chair Dr Dejan Djokic – Lecturer, Department of History, Goldsmiths
Dragana Perisic – fashion designer
Nada Prlja – fine artist, MPhil Fine Arts, Royal College of Arts
Piera Ravnikar - Founder of Terminal00 MA South/East European Studies, UCL
15.30 Tea and Coffee Break (Chesterman Room)
15.45 Balkanised Art Practices – chair MariaChatzichristod oulou, PhD candidate, Digital Studios collaboratingwith Drama, Goldsmiths
LarisaBlazic – media artist, MA Hypermedia, University of Westminster
MiaKrstic – fashion designer
17.15 Closing Remarks – Janis Jefferies,Director, Constance Howard Textile Research Centre, Goldsmiths
17.30- 21.00 “Amersham Arms” – DJ Penny Metal with Balkan treats
Exhibition– 27th of October – 27th of November 2008, CHRRCT, Goldsmiths University
PrivateView - 27th of October 2008 – 6 to 8 pm
6.15 Welcoming presentation – DjordjeBalmazovic, Serbian art collective Skart: 'My embroideries' - reusingtraditional crochet making for private social statements
6.45 Opening (Nela and Janis) and aninvitation to the symposium
Winereception
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