An alternative conference with performances, performance lectures, discussions, screenings, a book launch, and the launch of Wysing’s new project that will be running throughout 2011: The Institute of Beyond. Located in central Cambridge at The New Hall Art Collection, Murray Edwards College, and the Corpus Christi Playroom.

Full programme below:

Location: New Hall Art Collection at Murray Edwards College, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge, CB3 0DF. Suitable for all ages.

1-2.45pm
Julie Myers, Dr Andrei Bejan, Jo Cobb and Dr Janneke Balk
Join Head Gardener at Murray Edwards College, Jo Cobb, for a tour of the College garden including a viewing of Julie Myers’ Flora Data, 2010*, developed in collaboration with the Departments of Computer Science and Plant Science at Cambridge University. Followed by an in-conversation.

Break for tea / coffee.

3-3.50pm
Andy Holden and Peter Holden
A factual exploration of the structure of bird’s nests and nesting behaviour by Andy Holden and his father Peter Holden; who spent 40 years working at the RSPB and has published numerous books on the subject of birds and wildlife.

4-4.30pm
Dr Heidi Radke
A diagnostic performance by Dr Heidi Radke who will explain the inner structure of sculptures by Emily Rosamond, through x-rays taken at Cambridge University Vetenary Hospital. Followed by a screening of the two short films by Rosamond Object Lessons and Dry Pond, 2010*.

Location: Kettles’ Yard, Castle Street, Cambridge, CB3 0AQ. Suitable for all ages.

4.30-5.30pm
A reception with drinks and an opportunity to view Kettle’s Yard’s new exhibition, Lucia Nogueira: Mischief.

Location: Corpus Christi Playroom, Cambridge, CB2 3PL. Suitable for adults.

6-6.20pm
Mark Aerial Waller
Mark Aerial Waller’s Event for a Mille Feuille 2011 brings together patisseries, a text recital and artist John Latham’s group of works Noit Intercourses, 1960-1988.

6.30-6.45pm
During 2010 Wysing Arts Centre hosted an International Camp for Improbable Thinking. Artist Jeremy Millar has produced a fictive text based on traces left by artists who were part of the Camp in a new book, launching at the Conflab. Includes a break for a complimentary sandwich meal.

7 – 8pm
Sally O’Reilly with Doug Fishbone, Hayley Newman, Michelle Owoo and Bedwyr Williams
This select crew of artists turned comedy writers will be devising scenarios and inventing characters for a new radio sitcom based in the artworld. The Last of the Red Wine is a collaboratively written, improvised and directed radio sitcom in the making. You are invited to join in as the group mime comedy gold from the artworld, with all it’s absurdities, tragi-comedies and jokers.

8.15-9pm
Asli Çavuşoğlu & Francesco Pedraglio
Three actors perform the scripted dialogue by Çavuşoğlu and Pedraglio I have built my case on the evidence that vaporised in front of your eyes which describes inanimate or invisible objects encountered as a result of fictitious crimes. Followed by footage from Çavuşoğlu’s film (10mins).

9-9.30pm
Bedwyr Williams
A solo performance Stepping Razor, 2010* influenced by farming subcultures and agricultures, about revenge and the rural!

9.30-10pm
Fabiano Marques
A double-screen projection of the work Ridge, 2010* will transform the Corpus Christi Playroom into a pilot’s logbook to end the day.

*Denotes work developed during Wysing Arts Centre’s International Camp for Improbable Thinking, 2010. Please note: times are subject to change.

ADMISSION
£15 (includes food and refreshments)
Concessions: £10 (over 60s, students and unemployed)
Children: Free of charge up to 5.30pm. Charged at the concessionary rate for the evening programme (6-10pm). 

Booking essential. Tickets can be bought in person or over the phone at the following venues:
Wysing Arts Centre (Monday-Friday, 10am-5pm), tel. 01954 718881
Cambridge Arts Theatre (Monday – Saturday, 12noon – 8pm), tel. 01223 503333

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