Conference - Object-Excavation-Intervention: Dialogues between Sculpture and Archaeology Conference - Object-Excavation-Intervention: Dialogues between Sculpture and Archaeology, at the Henry Moore Institute, Leeds 3-5 June 2004.
This 3 day international conference is dedicated to the intellectual, historical & methodical crossovers between sculpture & archaeology from prehistory to the present. It looks at the myths & metaphors of archaeology & their sculptural currency, the archaeological & sculpural status of the fragment, at the philosophy of place & questions of site-specificity, at the political apprpriation of archaeology by sculptors & writers, and the notion of the artist as archaeologist.
Cost £30 (£15 concessions).
Contact Liz Aston; tel:0113 246 7467
e-mail liz@henry-moore.ac.uk
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Posted by fitzcoraldo
19th April 2004ce
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