Art & Alchemy: Transformation & Contemporary Art

Stranded

• Event date: Thursday, June 2, 2011 - 23:00
• Location: Winstanley Lecture Theatre Trinity College Cambridge
• Event type: Conference
• Link: Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery website
• Collaborator:s Norwich Castle Museum
• Exhibitions: Stranded
• Artists: Heather Ackroyd Dan Harvey
• Speakers: Heather Ackroyd Dan Harvey
• Themes: Sculpture Photography Installation Art Contemporary Art Architecture
• Tags: Sculpture Photography Installation Ecology. Crystallization Contemporary Art Architecture

Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey, Stranded

Part of the series '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 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