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Reading and/or Looking

Reading and/or Looking

[BOOKCLUB]#4 Barthes The Death of the Author, 12 Feb 2016, The Field New Cross.
[BOOKCLUB]#4 Barthes The Death of the Author, 12 Feb 2016, The Field New Cross.

In February’s [SYMPOSIUM] we discussed Roland Barthesโ€™ influential essay The Death of the Author (1977). Many thanks to everyone for their contributions to a very productive event. It was great to see everyone again and to welcome some new faces. A special thanks to Henrietta Ross for leading, chairing and summarising the discussion.

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Barthes: The Death of the Author

[SYMPOSIUM] BOOK CLUB
#4 Barthes: The Death of the Author

Friday, 12 February 2016, 6:00pm โ€“ 8:30pm
The Field, 385 Queens Road, London SE14 5HD
Rail/Overground: New Cross Gate, Queens Road Peckham
Chaired by Henrietta Ross
Free, please book your place

Considering the reader, context, authority and authenticity this session will focus on Roland Barthes’s 1967 essay The Death of the Author: its influence on a contemporary understanding of cultural production and the role of the individual with in it. Continue reading Barthes: The Death of the Author

[SYMPOSIUM] BOOK CLUB

[SYMPOSIUM] BOOK CLUB

The SYMPOSIUM book club was a monthly open-access reading group for artists, researchers and anyone interested in the intersections between art practice and critical theory. Everyone was welcome to propose a text and facilitate the reading group.

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