Saturday 19 January 2008, 10.00–17.00

Art’s materiality has been the focus of fierce debate since claims about the ‘dematerialisation’ of art were made in New York at the end of the 1960s. More recently, in the very different context of libertarian political debates in Italy and France, claims have been made about the ‘immaterial’ character of labour processes based on information technology and the cultural and intellectual content of commodities. This conference will bring these two discourses together to stage a debate about contemporary art, ‘immaterial’ labour and new modes of production of subjectivity.

Programme

10.00    Registration

10.30    Introductions: Tate & Peter Osborne (Radical Philosophy)

10.45    Maurizio Lazzarato: Art, Work and Politics in Disciplinary Societies and Societies of Security

(Chair: Eric Alliez, Multitudes)

11.30    Discussion

12.00    Judith Revel: The Material of the Immaterial: Against the Return of Idealisms and New Vitalisms

(Chair: Peter Hallward, Radical Philosophy)

12.45    Discussion

1.15      Lunch (not included)

2.15      Bifo (Franco Berardi): Conjunction/Connection

(Chair: David Cunningham, Radical Philosophy)

3.00      Discussion

3.30      Tea and Coffee

3.45      Antonio Negri: Concerning Periodization in Art: Some Approaches to Art and Immaterial Labour

(Chair, Peter Osborne, Radical Philosophy)

4.30      Discussion

5.00      Closing Panel: Eric Alliez/Bifo/Maurizio Lazzarato/Antonio Negri/Judith Revel

(Chair, Peter Osborne, Radical Philosophy)

5.30      End

Supported by the journal Radical Philosophy

Tate Britain  Auditorium
£25 (£15 concessions), booking required

    

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