10.30-17.30, Saturday 12 September 2015
Science Museum Lecture Theatre, London
£15 adult (£12.50 senior/ £10 concessions)
Early scientific ‘photographs of the invisible’ – from x-ray to photomicrography, and motion studies to pictures of electrical charges – have had a profound effect on the development of modern and contemporary art.
Bringing together world-renowned artists, curators and academics, and coinciding with the final days ofRevelations: Experiments in Photography, this one-day symposium examines the importance of early scientific photography for the creative arts and the ways in which its meanings have shifted across time and space.
Speakers include:
- John Blakinger, Stanford University / National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
- Marta Braun, Ryerson University
- Ben Burbridge, University of Sussex / co-curator Revelations
- Ori Gersht, artist
- Marek Kukula, Royal Observatory Greenwich
- Corey Keller, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
- Sarah Pickering, artist
- Kelley Wilder, De Montfort University
- Sara Danius, Södertörn University
Panel will be chaired by:
- Greg Hobson (National Media Museum / co-curator Revelations)
- David Alan Mellor (University of Sussex)
- Sean O’Hagan (The Guardian)
For more information and to book tickets visit the Science Museum website.