Wednesday 28 May 2014

Clothes Cloth and Culture Group first meeting

Thursday 29th May is the first meeting of new Clothes Cloth and Culture Group at the Stuart Hall Library. The event was fully-booked within the first couple of days, so there is obviously a great deal of interest in this area of research and art practice.

The Group is a monthly forum for creative practitioners and thinkers working with cloth. Each month two presenters will talk about their research. There will be an opportunity for informal questions and  discussion at the end of the evening.  Setting cloth into the wider contexts of material and visual culture, the Group will provide a space for conversations about the politics of cloth from a distinctively cross-cultural viewpoint. 

The theme for our first meeting is 'Cloth & The Archive'; presenters will be Dr. Bharti Parmar and Dr. Wessie Ling. Read more about their ideas and research on the Library webpage.

The meetings will be convened by Dr. Christine Checinska, who is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of East London.




Tuesday 27 May 2014

Stuart Hall Research Network audio recording Sharlene Khan, Gitanjali Pyndiah

Sharlene Khan, Nervous Conditions
The Library's last research network meeting on 15th May proved to be a stimulating evening. 
Presentations were made by South African visual artist Sharlene Khan and cultural studies researcher Gitanjali Pyndiah. Audio recordings are now available if you missed the event.
audio recording of Sharlene Khan's presentation on SoundCloud
(Gitanjali's recording removed for editing - it will be published shortly) 

Friday 2 May 2014

Stuart Hall Library Research Network Meeting, Thursday 15 May, 18.30-20.00

Save the Date!

Join us at our next meeting on Thursday 15 May 2014 18:30 - 20:00.


The presentations by South African visual artist Sharlene Khan, and cultural studies researcher Gitanjali Pyndiah, will be followed by an informal discussion.

More information about the presentations on the Library webpage

Please book via Eventbrite


I Make Art, 2013 Sharlene Khan

Monnoir, c.2007, Nirmal Hurry