15 January 2011

An alternative conference with performances, performance lectures, discussions, screenings, a book launch, and the launch of Wysing’s new project that ran throughout 2011: The Institute of Beyond.

Located in central Cambridge at The New Hall Art Collection, Murray Edwards College, and the Corpus Christi Playroom.

1-2.45pm
Julie Myers, Dr Andrei Bejan, Jo Cobb and Dr Janneke Balk
Head Gardener at Murray Edwards College, Jo Cobb, led 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 explained 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*.

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

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

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

7-8pm
Sally O’Reilly with Doug Fishbone, Hayley Newman, Michelle Owoo and Bedwyr Williams
This crew of artists turned comedy writers devised scenarios and invented 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. |The audience was invited to join in as the group mimed comedy gold from the artworld, with all its absurdities, tragi-comedies and jokers.

8.15-9pm
Asli Çavuşoğlu & Francesco Pedraglio
Three actors performed 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* transformed 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.