'Interface' Symposium on Art and Culture at Wits University
Venue: Wits institute of Social and Economic Research (WISER)
Friday March 22
9.30 David Bunn (Director, Wits School of Arts) - Welcome
9.45 - 10.05 Achille Mbembe (Researcher, WISER) - 'Translation and Tradition'
10.05 - 10.20 Discussion
10.20 - 11.00 Irit Rogoff (Director of Cultural and Historical Studies, Goldsmiths College, University of London) - 'Without'
10.50 - 11.15 Discussion
11.15 - 11.30 Tea
11.30 - 12.00 Jan-Erik Lundstrom (Director, BildMuseet Umea) - 'Travelling Art: Travel, Exchange and Mobility in Contemporary Art'
12.00 - 12.30 Discussion
12.30 - 1.30 Lunch
1.30 - 2.30 William Kentridge, Tracey Rose, Joy Gregory, Kathryn Smith, Jane Taylor
3.00 - 4.00 Discussion
4.00 Leave WISER for Sandton for screening of the film Franz Fanon by Isaac Julien
4.30 Screening at Primovie Park Preview Theatre, 185 Katherine Street, Sandton
5.40 - 6.00 Discussion
Drinks (venue to be announced)
Saturday March 23
Interface: Visual Cultures in Dialogue projects (2000 - 2002)
9.30 'Welcome and Context' - Colin Richards (Wits University)
10.00 'Cultures in Dialogue' - Jan-Erik Lundstrom and Katarina Pierre (Director and Curator, BildMuseet, Umea)
10.30 - 11.00 'Heritage' - Melanie Attwell (University of the Western Cape) and Ramzi Abrahams (Cultural History Museum, Cape Town)
11.30 - 11.45 Tea
12.00 - 1.00 'Travelling Art' - Voyile Voyiya and Zola Mtshiza (Education Officer and Assistant Curator, South African National Gallery)
1.00 - 1.30 Discussion
1.30 - 2.00 Lunch
2.00 - 3.00 'Exchange Studies' - Chuchill Madikida, Melissa Goba, Goodness Nhlengetwa and Keren Ben Zeev (Wits University), Bongani Mgijima
3.00 - 4.00 'Exchange teachers/artists' - Senzeni Marasela (Wits University), Cecilia Parsberg (Konshogskolen, Umea University), Penny Siopis (Wits University)
4.00 - 4.15 Tea
4.15 - 5.00 Discussion
6.00 Drinks at 91 Fifth Ave, Melville
