Film still © Ray Müller, 'The Wonderful Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl'
Thursday 2 February, 9.45am–5.45pm & Friday 3 February, 9.45am–4.30pm
Arrive for 9.45am start.
£25/£20 conc. and members 1 day pass; or £40/£30 conc. and members 2 day pass.
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International artists and writers discuss how concepts of perfection shape our personal identities and social and political systems. Featuring new research, screenings, artist conversations and performance, the programme includes Julian Rosefeldt on his video installation The Perfectionist and Ray Müller, director of The Wonderful Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl, on his experience of working with Hitler’s infamous propagandist - the ultimate perfectionist.
Participants include: Marco Bohr Bohr, Photographer & Lecturer in Visual Communications, Loughborough University, Clive Cazeaux, Reader in Aesthetics, Cardiff School of Art & Design, Charlotte Cotton, Creative Director, National Media Museum, Leslie Dick, Co-Director, Art Program, CalArts, Liam Devlin, Photographer & Lecturer, eCPR/ Goldsmiths, Mark Durden, Artist & Professor of Photography, University of Wales, Newport, David Evans, Senior Lecturer in the History and Theory of Photography, Arts University College at Bournemouth, Oriana Fox, Artist, Catherine Grant, Writer & lecturer, Visual Cultures, Goldsmiths, Mark Godfrey, Curator, Tate Modern, Michal Heiman, Artist and Lecturer at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem and the Faculty of Arts, Tel Aviv University, Sarah James, writer and lecturer, UCL, Jo Longhurst, Artist, Leverhulme Fellow, eCPR, Ray Müller, Director, ‘The Wonderful Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl’, Francette Pacteau, Writer and lecturer, Royal College of Art, Julian Rosefeldt, Artist, Aaron Schuman, Photographer, Curator, Editor of SeeSaw Magazine, Eva Stenram, Artist, Jonathan Whitehall, Artist & lecturer, London Metropolitan University and artists Jane and Louise Wilson.
Organised by Jo Longhurst, in collaboration with European Centre for Photographic Research, University of Wales, Newport & The Photographers’ Gallery. Supported by Arts Council England & Leverhulme Trust. Book supported by Hiscox, published by Intellect Books.
Programme
Thursday 2 February
9.45am-9.50am Welcome
Jo Longhurst, Artist, Leverhulme Fellow, University of Wales , Newport
9.50 -11am Session 1
Dr Mark Durden, Professor of Photography, University of Wales , Newport , ‘Defining the Moment’
Eva Stenram, Artist, ‘Despoiling the Ideal’
Chair, Aaron Schuman, Photographer, Curator, Editor of SeeSaw Magazine
11-11.30am Break
11.30am-12.45pm Session 2
Dr Clive Cazeaux, Reader in Aesthetics, Cardiff School of Art & Design, ‘Leading Plato into the Darkroom’
Julian Rosefeldt, Artist, ‘Failure and Perfection: Film Works by Julian Rosefeldt’
Chair, Liam Devlin, Goldsmiths, University of London , and University of Wales , Newport
12.45 -1.45pm Lunch (not provided)
1.45-3.15pm Session 3
Dr Catherine Grant, Lecturer, Visual Cultures, Goldsmiths, ‘The Effort of Perfection: Performing Adolescence’
Jo Longhurst, Artist, ‘Other Spaces: New Works with Elite Gymnasts’
Chair, Charlotte Cotton, Creative Director, Media Space
3.15-3.45pm Break
3.45-5.45pm Session 4
David Evans, Senior Lecturer in the History and Theory of Photography, Arts University College at Bournemouth , ‘Post-Human Perfection: The Transformed World of Ernst Jünger’
Screening: excerpts from ‘The Wonderful Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl’ followed b Ray Müller, Director, in conversation with Mark Godfrey, Tate Modern
Chair, Dr Sarah James, Writer and Lecturer, University College London
Friday 3 February
9.45am-11am Session 5
Dr Francette Pacteau, Writer and Lecturer, Royal College of Art, ‘Seeing Through’
Leslie Dick, Co-Director, Art Program, CalArts , USA , ‘Boundary Lines’
Chair, Dr Catherine Grant
11-11.30am Break
11.30am-12.50pm Session 6
Dr Jonathan Whitehall, Artist & Lecturer, Sir John Cass School of Art, London Metropolitan University , ‘Perfecting Desire: Reconciling Memory’
Michal Heiman, Artist and Lecturer at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem and the Faculty of Arts, Tel Aviv University , ‘A Perfect Strike: Double Standards and Attacks on Perfection’
Oriana Fox, Artist, ‘Our Bodies Ourselves’
Chair, Liam Devlin
12.50-2pm Lunch (not provided)
With screening of excerpts from ‘Zidane, A 21st Century Portrait’ Douglas Gordon & Philippe Parreno, 2006
2-3.15pm Session 7
Jane & Louise Wilson, Artists, ‘Erewhon’
Marco Bohr, Photographer & Lecturer in Visual Communications, Loughborough University , ‘From ‘Provoke’ to ‘Girl Photography’: Anti-Perfectionism in Japanese Photography.’
Chair, Mark Durden
3.15-3.45pm Break
3.45-4.30pm Session 8
Panel discussion led by Charlotte Cotton
