Part of the lecture series on 'Art & Alchemy: Transformation & Contemporary Art' 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 was featured include Roger Hiorns, Hubert Duprat, Ackroyd & Harvey and Robert Smithson. Speakers included Gill Perry, Alyce Mahon, Dan Harvey & Heather Ackroyd, Stephen Bann, Brian Dillon, Harriet Godwin, Spike Bucklow and Urszula Szulakowska. A collaboration between the Open University and Cambridge University 3-4 June 2011.