Blackpool Vistas 2009
Arts Festival - Week commencing 30th March
Symposium- Wednesday 1st April: Art: Changing perceptions of place
An opportunity to join a celebration of the distinctive cultural context of contemporary Blackpool
Detail taken from Portal a site specific work for Blackpool Vistas 09 by Nicholas Kowalski
'Art: Changing Perceptions of Place'
The third annual Blackpool Vistas Symposium will take place on
1st April 09, 2-7 pm at the Comrades Club, Adelaide Street, Blackpool.
Programme
2-3pm Artists & delegates- registration and informal welcome in the bar
3pm Introduction and overview of Blackpool Vistas Imaginative Reconstruction: From Theory to Practice Dr Jill Fernie-Clarke
3.20pm The Guernika-ness of Guernica Josie Bland, University of Teesside
3.40pm Taking a Line for a Walk David Stokes, University of Liverpool & gmf
4.10pm Metamorphosis and Place Dr Mark Haywood, University of Cumbria
4.40pm Blackpool Arts Regeneration Project Artist in Residence Kate Eggelston-Wirtz
5pm Short Break
5.10pm Visualising Blackpool as a Body of Energy - Colin Binns
5.30pm Passage Suzanne Pinder
5.45pm Films by contemporary local film makers provided by Blackpool Council supporters of the event
6.30pm Plenary & discussion Art: Changing Perceptions of Place?
7-9pm Private View: Portal Site Specific Work by Nicholas Kowalski
and Passage Orb Art
7.15pm Hotpot supper
Exhibitions
At The Comrades Club:
Portal Nicholas Kowalski an installation particular to the Comrades Club - using its unique and multi layered history, architectural fixtures, physical landscapes, and existing/ambient lighting.
Passage by members of Orb Art, Orb Artist's Studios, First Floor.
At the New Blackpool Enterprise Centre:
Visualising Blackpool as a Body of Energy by Colin Binns
And New Photographic Work by Paul Rogers
Symposium Fee: £25 waged; £10 unwaged
Delegates must register in advance as places are limited
Contact: Dr Jill Fernie-Clarke
Email: jfc@blackpoolvistas.com
Address: Studio 8 art@cedarfarm, Mawdesley, Ormskirk, Lancs. L403SY
A blog describing the development of Blackpool Vistas 2009 and associated projects can be found at www.visualvistas.co.uk