Experimenting in the Galleries: Performing with Vernon Lee
When:
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Venue:
Birkbeck 43 Gordon Square
No booking required
You are warmly invited to the first 'scratch' performance of a collaborative project that originates in the work of the late nineteenth-century ghost story writer, aesthetic theoretician and queer thinker, Vernon Lee.
The short performance, which explores the question, 'What does art do to (and with) our bodies?', will be followed by a panel discussion featuring:
- Dr Carolyn Burdett, whose work on Vernon Lee, late nineteenth-century experimental aesthetics, and the concept of 'empathy' initiated the project;
- Professor Hilary Fraser, author of Women Writing Art History in the Nineteenth Century: Looking Like a Woman;
- Professor Matthew Longo, Director of Birkbeck’s BodyLab, who studies the mental representation of our bodies and how our bodies shape our perceptions.
They will be joined by the performance project’s Director, Professor Rob Swain, and writer, Nicola Baldwin.
Read more about the project on our Wordpress site.
Contact name:
Carolyn Burdett