Loughborough School of Art event 29th October

The Loughborough School of Art Contemporary Art and Theory Research Group has invited various artists, curators, cultural activists and provocateurs to present a talk, lead a discussion, make a performance or create an event with a view to instigating and generating critical debate and experimental forms of practice.The first talk/event is Wednesday 29th October, 2008 – Pil and Galia Kollectiv ...from 2.00pm - 4.00pm in the Fine Art Studios Gallery SpaceIf your own practice or studies specifically involves performance or film you might be interested in this first event. Pil and Galia Kollectiv are London based artists, writers and curators who work primarily with film, video and performance. They explore choreographed movement and theatrical ritual, drawing on a range of art movements and ideas from Bauhaus to punk. They recently curated The Institute of Psychoplasmics at the Pump House Gallery in London and performed No Haus Like Bau at the fifth Berlin Biennale. They were also recipients in 2007 of the London Artists’ Film and Video Award. Other projects include Asparagus: A Horticultural Ballet at The Showroom, London and the Biennale de Montreal (2007). They have a show opening at S1 in Sheffield on Friday 10th October - see www.kollectiv.co.uk and http://www.s1artspace.org/homepage.htm From 2.00pm - 4.00pm in the Fine Art Studios Gallery SpaceGillian WhiteleyContemporary Art and Theory Research GroupOther events will be...more info coming shortly but see CAT website belowWednesday 26th November, 2008 – Heath Bunting Wednesday 4th March, 2009 – Sally O’Reilly Wednesday 25th March, 2009 – Holly Crawford see http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/ac/mainpages/Research/staff%20groups/provoking.htm r work is