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Tate Liverpool + RIBA North Conference | Workshop

Finding Common Ground

8 July 2022 at 09.00–18.30
9 July 2022 at 11.00–14.00

Peter Kennard, Haywain with Cruise Missiles 1980. Tate. © Peter Kennard.

Explore the themes in our Radical Landscapes exhibition during this two-day symposium and workshop

Organised by Tate Liverpool and the Paul Mellon Centre, join workshops, talks, tours, artist-led walks and a forum to discuss contested spaces and individual and collective action.

Day 1: Friday 8 July

09.00-18.30, Tate Liverpool

A symposium convened by Sria Chatterjee (Head of Research and Learning, Paul Mellon Centre), Darren Pih (Curator, Exhibitions and Displays, Tate Liverpool) and Emilia Will (Project Editor, Tate Liverpool)

Imagined as an extension of Radical Landscapes, Day 1 of the symposium provides a space to dig deeper into the histories and futures of the rural. The exhibition opens up the countryside as a space where questions around trespass, borders, access, edgelands, botany, artistic experimentation and struggles around civic freedoms coagulate. Following a private view of the exhibition, the symposium will bring together scholars, artists and botanical practitioners to think together about contested spaces and collective action through talks, discussions and live performances.

09.00 – 10.00: Private View of Radical Landscapes for all attendees

10.00 – 10.20: Refreshments

Panel 1: Fabricating the Rural

10.20 – 10.30: Welcome by Darren Pih (Curator, Exhibitions and Displays, Tate Liverpool)

10.30 – 11.00: Vron Ware (Writer and Photographer), Learning from the Land

11.00 – 11.25: Frederika Tevebring (King's College London), Digging Deeper: Archaeology and Politics at the Festival of Britain and Beyond

11.25 – 12.00: Discussion and Questions chaired by Darren Pih

12.00 – 13.00: Lunch

Panel 2: The Politics of Growing

13.00 – 13.05: Welcome by Sria Chatterjee (Head of Research and Learning, Paul Mellon Centre)

13.05 – 13.30: Jill Casid (Professor of Visual Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison), Going to Seed in the Necrocene

13.30 – 13.55: Claire Ratinon (Food Grower and Writer) Unearthed: On Race and Roots

13.55 – 14.20: Discussion and Questions chaired by Sria Chatterjee

14.20 – 14.50: Tea Break

Panel 3: Ecopoetics and Environmental Justice

14.50 – 14.55: Welcome by Laura Bruni (Assistant Curator, Tate Liverpool)

14.55 – 15.35: Bones Tan Jones (Artist) Dream After Screen (2020) [Interactive Screening] with response by Ama Josephine B. Johnstone

15.35 – 16.00: Discussion and Questions

16.00 – 16.15: Comfort Break

Panel 4: Being in the Landscape

16.15 – 16.20: Welcome by Sarah James (Senior Curator, Exhibitions, Tate Liverpool)

16.20 – 16.40: Delaine Le Bas (Artist) WE Hold It In Our Hands........Ancient & Precious [Performance]

16.40 – 17.00: Davinia-Ann Robinson (Artist) [Performance]

17.00 – 17.10: Closing Remarks with Darren Pih and Sria Chatterjee

17.10 – 18.30: Reception

Day 2: Saturday 9 July

11.00-14.00, Birkenhead Park, Liverpool

Join us for a communal picnic and walking tour of Birkenhead Park, which was one of the first publicly funded parks in the world. Led by historian Dr Ruth Colton, it celebrates the radical nature of public parks as shared social spaces, whose creation was part of a national campaign to access natural, green space in urban settings. The tour explores how the landscaping and architecture of Birkenhead Park relates to empire and colonialism, and how its intended uses have been subverted by the public throughout its history to the present day.

11.00-12.00, introductory talk; bring your own picnic brunch

12.00-14.00, guided tour led by Ruth Colton

Meet at the Grand Entrance, at the corner of Park Road North and Park Road East.

Speakers and performers include:

  • Darren Pih, Curator, Exhibitions and Displays, Tate Liverpool
  • Frederika Tevebring, King's College London
  • Sria Chatterjee, Head of Research and Learning, Paul Mellon Centre
  • Jill Casid, Professor of Visual Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Claire Ratinon, Food Grower and Writer
  • Emilia Will, Project Editor, Tate Liverpool
  • Bones Tan Jones, Artist
  • Sarah James, Senior Curator, Exhibitions, Tate Liverpool
  • Delaine Le Bas, Artist
  • Davinia-Ann Robinson, Artist
  • Dr. Ruth Colton, Historian

This event is supported by the Paul Mellon Centre.

Tate Liverpool + RIBA North

Friday's session will take place in the 4th Floor Auditorium - please use the Events entrance. Saturday's session will take place in Birkenhead Park

If you’re interested in a live-stream of the symposium and free tickets to the walk on day 2, please visit Paul Mellon Centre website.

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8 July 2022 at 09.00–18.30

9 July 2022 at 11.00–14.00

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