BOOKCLUB#19 Bishop Artificial Hells chaired by Renata Mindolo. Common Room, School of the Damned. Guest Projects 24 July 2017. Photo SOTD.

[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.

BOOKCLUB#19 Bishop Artificial Hells chaired by Renata Mindolo. Common Room, School of the Damned. Guest Projects 24 July 2017. Photo SOTD.
BOOKCLUB#19 Bishop Artificial Hells chaired by Renata Mindolo. Common Room, School of the Damned. Guest Projects 24 July 2017. Photo by School of the Damned.

Texts were selected by group consensus on the basis that they reflected on the relationship between practice and theory, this included a broad variety of texts, from philosophy to politics and aesthetics to science fiction – there was no limitation.

SYMPOSIUM was a supportive community of peers who discussed and unpacked their research interests. All participants had the opportunity to facilitate the book club on a text of their choice. Facilitators were encouraged to prepare along the following guidelines:

[1] Decide on a text that you want to discuss.

[2] Do some background research and write a short introduction to provide some context, from your own perspective. When was it written? Why was it written? Who wrote it? Was it a response to something else? Why are you interested in the text? How does it relate to, or inform, your practice or your research?

[3] Pace the reading. How long is the text? If it is short, can we discuss the entire text in a 2-hour book club? If the text is long you may need to divide it up between two or more sessions.

[4] Write down some questions that you would like to bring to the discussion. Suggest some further reading and an image or two, with captions.

[5] Download the infosheet and send us your proposal.

EVENT ARCHIVE

Markus Lüpertz [1965] Schuhabdruck—dithyrambisch (Shoe print—Dithyrambic). Ströher Collection, Darmstadt, Germany_thumbNietzsche: The Birth of Tragedy
Friday, 12 April 2019
6:30pm – 9pm
LARC, 62 Fieldgate Street, London E1 1ES
Facilitated by Nat Pimlott
Suggested donation £2, booking via Eventbrite

[SYMPOSIUM]#34 Jared Diamond Collapse. Flyer by Tere Chad.Jared Diamond: Collapse
Friday, 8 March 2019
7pm – 9pm
LARC, 62 Fieldgate Street, London E1 1ES
Facilitated by Alter Us
Suggested donation £2, booking via Eventbrite

Jeremy Deller and Mike Figgis [2001] The Battle of Orgreave.Claire Bishop: Artificial Hells
Friday, 8 February 2019
7pm – 9pm
LARC, 62 Fieldgate Street, London E1 1ES
Facilitated by Eva Ruschkowski
Suggested donation £2, booking via Eventbrite

Photo by Eva Ruschkowski, 2015.Call for Book Club 2019
Friday, 11 January 2019, 6:30pm – 9pm
LARC, 62 Fieldgate Street, London E1 1ES
Facilitated by Dee Vora, John Fortnum and Eva Ruschkowski
Suggested donation £2, booking via Eventbrite

[SYMPOSIUM]#31 Eagleton & Zizek Idea of Communism. Flyer by Neil Lamont_thumbEagleton & Zizek: The Idea of Communism
Friday, 14 December 2018
6:30pm – 9pm
LARC, 62 Fieldgate Street, London E1 1ES
Facilitated by Neil Lamont
Suggested donation £2, booking via Eventbrite

[SYMPOSIUM]#31 Fisher Capitalist Realism Pt.3Mark Fisher: Capitalist Realism Pt.3
Friday, 9 November 2018
6:30pm – 9pm
LARC, 62 Fieldgate Street, London E1 1ES
Facilitated by Silvia Bombardini & Elliot C. Mason
Suggested donation £2, booking via Eventbrite

Jenny Holzer [1993] Alienation produces eccentrics or revolutionaries. Marquees series_thumbDebord: The Culmination of Separation
Friday, 12 October 2018
18:30–21:00
LARC, 62 Fieldgate Street, London E1 1ES
Facilitated by Penelope Kupfer & Darshana Vora
Suggested donation £2, booking link coming soon

[SYMPOSIUM]#27 Fisher Capitalist Realism Pt 2. Flyer by Sophia Kosmaoglou_thumbMark Fisher: Capitalist Realism Pt.2
Saturday, 9 June 2018
14:30–17:30
Yurt Café, St. Katharine’s Precinct, 2 Butcher Row, London E14 8DS
Part of Antinuiversity Now 2018
Suggested donation £2, booking via Eventbrit

#27 Derrida Signature Event Context_signatureDerrida: Signature Event Context
Friday, 11 May 2018
18:30–21:00
LARC, 62 Fieldgate Street, London E1 1ES
Facilitated by Nat Pimlott and Sophia Kosmaoglou
Suggested donation £2, booking via Eventbrite

Derrida: Structure, Sign and Play
Friday, 13 April 2018
6:30pm–9pm
LARC, 62 Fieldgate Street, London E1 1ES
Facilitated by Sophia Kosmaoglou
Suggested donation £2, booking via Eventbrite

Gerhard Richter [1963] Party. Oil, nails, cord on canvas and newspaper, 150 x 182 cm.Mark Fisher: Capitalist Realism Pt.1
Friday, 9 March 2018
6:30pm-9pm
The Field, 385 Queen’s Rd, London SE14 5HD
Facilitated by Sophia Kosmaoglou
Suggested donation £2, booking via Eventbrite

Enrico Baj [1972] The Funeral of the Anarchist Pinelli. Textured offset colour print, 75 x 68 cm. Edition 200.Cohn: Representation and Critique
Friday, 9 February 2018
6:30pm-9pm
LARC, 62 Fieldgate Street, London E1 1ES
Facilitated by
Aris Nikolaidis
Suggested donation £2, booking via Eventbrite

Neil Lamont [2006] Apple billboard on Paris metro. Digital photograph.Adam Curtis: HyperNormalisation
Friday, 12 January 2018
6:30pm-9pm
LARC, 62 Fieldgate Street, London E1 1ES
Facilitated by
Neil Lamont
Suggested donation £2, booking via Eventbrite

J.R. Eyerman [1952] Audience at the opening-night screening of Bwana Devil, the first full-length colour 3-D movie. Paramount Theatre, Hollywood, 26 Nov 1952.Debord: Negation & Consumption in Culture
Friday, 8 December 2017
6:30pm-9pm
LARC, 62 Fieldgate Street, London E1 1ES
Facilitated by Aristotelis Nikolaidis
Suggested donation £2, booking via Eventbrite

[SYMPOSIUM] #21 Adorno Commitment. Flyer by Nat Pimlott.Adorno: Commitment
Friday, 10 November 2017
6:30pm-9pm
LARC, 62 Fieldgate Street, London E1 1ES
Facilitated by Nat Pimlott
Suggested donation £2

[SYMPOSIUM]#20. Flyer by Dasha Loyko.Foucault: Of Other Spaces
Sunday, 15 October 2017
1:30pm – 4:00pm
Yurt Café, St. Katharine’s Precinct, 2 Butcher Row, London E14 8DS
Facilitated by Dasha Loyko
Free, booking via Eventbrite

Tania Bruguera & Anri Sala [2005] Cátedra Arte de Conducta (Behavior Art School), Havana, Cuba_thumbBishop: Pedagogical Projects
Monday, 24 July 2017, 19:00–21:00
Guest Projects, 1 Andrews Road, London E8 4QL
Chaired by Renata Minoldo
Part of School of The Damned‘s Common Room
Free, please book your place

Kinki Club, Bologna. Photo courtesy Graziella Ronchi for Spaghetti Disco - Creare Spazio Alle Memorie 1975-85, Red Gallery, London, Oct 2016, curated by Lorenzo CibrarioVirno: The Dismeasure of Art
Friday, 9 June 2017
18:00 – 20:00
Tropics Café, Grow Elephant, New Kent Road, London SE17 1SL
Chaired by Rubén Salgado Perez
Free, please book your place

Claes Oldenburg [1964] Soft Light Switches. Vinyl filled with Dacron and canvas, 119.4 x 119.4 x 9.1 cm.Judd: Specific Objects
Friday, 21 April 2017
18:00 – 20:30
88 Fleet Street, London EC4Y 1DH
Chaired by Richard Burger
Free, please book your place

[SYMPOSIUM]#16 Deleuze & Guattari Rhizome, 10 Mar 2017, MayDay Rooms.Deleuze & Guattari: Rhizome
Friday, 10 March 2017
18:00 – 20:30
88 Fleet Street, London EC4Y 1DH
Chaired by Katie Tysoe and Sophia Kosmaoglou
Free, fully booked

Piero Manzoni [1961] Artist's Shit (Merda d'artista). 90 tin cans, each filled with 30 grams faeces, 4.8 x 6.5 cm.Marx: The Fetishism of the Commodity and its Secret
Friday, 10 February 2017
18:00 – 20:30
Wimbledon Art Studios, 10 Riverside Rd, London SW17 0BB
Chaired by Sophia Kosmaoglou
Free, please book your place

Wassily Kandinsky [1923] Circles in a Circle. Oil on canvas, 98.7 x 96.6 cm.O’Sullivan: The Aesthetics of Affect
Friday, 13 January 2017
18:00 – 20:30
Louise House, Dartmouth Rd, London SE23 3HZ
Chaired by Katie Tysoe
Free, please book your place

Penelope Kupfer [2015] Moth (detail). Ink on paper, 1654mm x 2054mm.Foucault: The Four Similitudes
Friday, 9 December 2016
18:00 – 20:30
88 Fleet Street, London EC4Y 1DH
Chaired by Penelope Kupfer
Free, please book your place

Isa Genzken [1991] X-Ray. Gelatin silver print, 100 x 80 cm.Foster: Post-Critical?
Friday, 11 November 2016
6:00pm – 8:30pm
The Field, 385 Queens Road, London SE14 5HD
Chaired by Dasha Loyko
Free, please book your place

Alain Badiou and Kerry W. Purcell have lunch in 2015.Badiou: Art & Philosophy
Friday, 14 October 2016
18:00 – 20:30
The Field, 385 Queens Road, London SE14 5HD
Chaired by Kerry W. Purcell
Free, please book your place

Last Year at Marienbad [1961] Dir. Alain Resnais. France-Italy, black & white, 94min.Sontag: Against Interpretation
Friday, 9 September 2016
18:00 – 20:30
The Field, 385 Queens Road, London SE14 5HD
Chaired by F. D.
Free, please book your place

Paul Klee [1920] Angelus Novus. Oil transfer and watercolor on paper, 31.8 × 24.2 cm.Groys: Under the Gaze of Theory
Friday, 8 July 2016
18:00 – 20:30
The Field, 385 Queens Road, London SE14
Chaired by Sophia Kosmaoglou, Respondent Johanna Kwiat Free, please book your place

Juno Ludovisi plaster cast. Junozimmer, Goethe Haus, Weimar. Photo NFG Library and KG Beyer, Weimar 1975, plate 8.Rancière: Problems & Transformations of Critical Art
Friday, 10 June 2016, 18:00 – 20:30
The Field, 385 Queens Road, London SE14
Chaired by Stephen Bennett
Part of Antiuniversity Now!
Free, please book your place

Raoul Hausmann [1919-20] The Art Critic. Lithograph and photographic collage on paper, 318 x 254mm.Sewell: Tate Triennial III
Friday, 13 May 2016
18:00 – 20:30
The Field, 385 Queens Road, London SE14
Chaired by Richard Lloyd-Jones
Free, please book your place

Marcel Duchamp [1942] Behind Mile of String. First Papers of Surrealism, New York. Photo by Arnold Newman.Duchamp: The Creative Act
Friday, 8 April 2016
18:00 – 20:30
The Field, 385 Queens Road, London SE14
Chaired by F. D., Respondent Penelope Kupfer
Free, please book your place

Lloyd, John Uri & Curtis Gates Lloyd [1884] Plate XXIII. A fresh rhizome of Cimicifuga racemosa. In Drugs and Medicines of North America. Cincinnati: Lloyd & Lloyd.Latour: On Actor Network Theory
Friday, 11 March 2016
6:00pm – 8:30pm
The Field, 385 Queens Road, London SE14
Chaired by Johanna Kwiat
Free, please book your place

[BOOKCLUB] #4 Barthes: The Death of the Author Friday, 12 February 2016, 6:00-8:30pm.Barthes: The Death of the Author
Friday, 12 February 2016
6:00pm – 8:30pm
The Field, 385 Queens Road, London SE14
Chaired by Henrietta Ross
Free, please book your place

Sherrie Levine [1980] Untitled (After Edward Weston). Gelatin silver print.Owens: The Discourse of Others
Friday, 8 January 2016
6:00pm – 8:30pm
The Field, 385 Queens Road, London SE14
Chaired by Sophia Kosmaoglou
Free, please book your place

Omar Joseph Nasser Khoury [2011] Silk Thread Martyrs. Ccollection of 22 garments, each unique. Embroidered, fabric, coloured and dyed by hand using natural materials (indigo, tea).Abu-Lughod: Writing against Culture
Friday, 11 December 2015
6:00pm – 8:30pm
The Field, 385 Queens Road, London SE14
Chaired by OmarJoseph Nasser-Khoury
Free, please book your place

First page of An Answer to the Question: What is Enlightenment by Immanuel Kant, Berlinische Monatsschrift. Dec 1784, pp. 481-494.Kant: What is Enlightenment?
Friday, 13 November 2015
6:00pm – 8:00pm
The Field, 385 Queens Road, London SE14
Chaired by Sophia Kosmaoglou
Free, please book your place