The Culture of Denial
Influential writer, broadcaster and lecturer Judith Williamson gave a keynote lecture on the skewed relationship between what we known and what we do, examining how the gulf between knowledge and behaviour shapes contemporary culture.
Duration: 01:23:11
In Memory of the Image
This panel chaired by curator Stuart Comer looked at the proliferation, immediacy and increasing mobility of images.
Duration: 01:34:44
The First Pictures I Enjoyed
Writer and artist Alasdair Gray in conversation with novelist and artist Tom McCarthy.
Duration: 01:12:40
It’s About Time
Chaired by Jennifer Allen (Writer and Critic), this discussion explored the recent emphasis on temporality in art exhibitions. While considering historical and philosophical precedents, the panel looked at how and why time has become a tool for curators, and questioned the political implications of such an approach.
Duration: 01:40:53
A Personal Grammar of Means
Artist Marc Camille Chaimowicz in conversation with writer and art historian Roger Cook.
Duration: 01:34:53
The Aesthetic Responsibility
Writer, curator and philosopher Boris Groys gave a keynote lecture on how design today functions as a leading medium of self–revelation and self–positioning in public space.
Duration: 01:07:00
The China Experience
Carol Yinghua Lu (Writer, Curator and Contributing Editor, frieze) brought together three key players in Chinese contemporary art to discuss the impact of the country′s political, financial and creative conditions on its artists, critics, curators and gallerists.
Duration: 01:41:00
Cultural Cartography: Does Art Travel?
A discussion chaired by Philippe Vergne (Chief Curator and Deputy Director, Walker Art Center) focusing on whether art can really speak across borders. What happens when the local becomes global?
Duration: 01:15:26
Custodians of Culture: Schoolyard Art: Playing Fair Without the Referee
Dave Hickey (Cultural Critic and Professor of English, University of Nevada, Las Vegas) will present a keynote lecture on the subject of selling without selling out focusing on how sites of commerce have evolved from the white cube to the art fair.
Duration: 00:37:23
Theory and Practice: Thierry de Duve
Thierry de Duve (Historian and Theorist of contemporary art and Professor at University of Lille III) will present a keynote lecture. Dedicated to a reinterpretation of Modernism and an examination of its legacies, de Duve is author of several books including Kant after Duchamp (1996) and the forthcoming Held Together with Water: Art from the Verbund Collection.
Duration: 01:20:27
