Art + Alchemy

Contemporary Art and Transformation

Friday, 3 June 2011 - 2:00pm - Saturday, 4 June 2011 - 1:00pm

Norwich Castle Museum

A two day conference across Cambridge and Norwich exploring ideas of alchemy and transformation, and the role of crystals in contemporary artistic practice and theory from Graeco-Roman Egypt to Surrealism and contemporary art.

Artists whose work will be featured include Roger Hiorns, Hubert Duprat, Ackroyd & Harvey and Robert Smithson. Speakers include Gill Perry, Alyce Mahon, Dan Harvey & Heather Ackroyd, Stephen Bann, Brian Dillon, Harriet Godwin, Spike Bucklow and Urszula Szulakowska. In collaboration with the Open University and Cambridge University.

Friday 3rd June, 2 – 6pm
Winstanley Room,
Trinity College, Cambridge.
Followed by a drinks reception
at Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge

Saturday 4th June
11.00am – 1.00pm
Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery

One day tickets: concession – £10, full price – £15
Two day tickets: concession – £15, full price – £20
Transport + £10 (return coach to Norwich departing 9.30am
from Trinity College, Cambridge on Saturday 4 June)

To book a place email Rosy Aindow
rosy.aindow@norfolk.gov.uk
Tel: 01603 493664
Ackroyd & Harvey, Conference, Hubert Duprat, Norwich Castle Museum, Robert Smithson, Roger Hiorns