The Art School Dance

Tate Liverpool The Auditorium
£65 (£50 concessions), booking required
Price includes refreshments
For tickets, call 0151 702 7400

Symposium
The Art School Dance: Art into Pop, Pop into Art
A symposium on cross-overs between art and music including an exploration of the links between art school education, the growth of post-1950s British pop music and the importance of art to pop and pop to art. The Art School Dance includes special keynote presentations by Michael Bracewell – writer, cultural commentator, a member of the Turner Prize 2007 jury and author of 'Re-make/Re-model: Art, Pop, Fashion and the making of Roxy Music, 1953 - 1972'; and the artist Jamie Reid - Art Director for the Sex Pistols, Afro Celt Sound System, numerous other bands and political causes. Devised by Prof. Colin Fallows, Liverpool John Moores University.

In collaboration with Prof. Colin Fallows and Liverpool John Moores University
Day 1 Friday 21 September

Venue Foyer, Tate Liverpool, Albert Dock

18:00 Launch Reception and Symposium Registration
Open to all Symposium delegates

Welcome to Tate Liverpool

Dr. Christoph Grunenberg
Director of Tate Liverpool

Welcome to The Art School Dance: Art into Pop, Pop into Art
Colin Fallows
Professor of Sound and Visual Arts,
Liverpool School of Art and Design, Liverpool John Moores University
Soundworks
Mat Gregory
Artist/Writer/Lecturer
Liverpool School of Art and Design, Liverpool John Moores University

19:00 – 20.00 Exhibition

Peter Blake: A Retrospective





Day 2 Saturday 22 September
Venue The Auditorium - Tate Liverpool

Side One
09:00 Registration and Reception

09:30 Introduction to The Art School Dance: Art into Pop, Pop into Art

Colin Fallows

09:45 Keynote

Michael Bracewell

10:30 Moderated Question and Answer Session
Moderator: Colin Fallows

10:45 BREAK

11:00 Presentations
Rob Chapman
Barry Miles

12:00 Moderated Question and Answer Session
Moderator: Cathy Butterworth

12.15 Presentation
Jon Savage

12:45 BUFFET LUNCH
Peter Blake: A Retrospective - open to all symposium delegates


Side Two

14:00 Keynote

Jamie Reid in conversation with Vicki Maguire

14:45 Moderated Question and Answer Session
Moderator: Vicki Maguire

15:00 BREAK

15:15 Presentations
Bryan Biggs
Simon Warner

16:15 Moderated Question and Answer Session
Moderator: Colin Fallows

17:00 Close

Tate Liverpool The Auditorium
£65 (£50 concessions), booking required
Price includes refreshments
For tickets, call 0151 702 7400

Participants include:

Bryan Biggs

Bryan Biggs has been closely involved in the arts in Liverpool since he first came to the city in the early 1970s. He has written a chapter in the publication accompanying the Creative Universe exhibition, entitled ‘Welcome to the Pleasure Dome’, looking at art in Liverpool between the arrival of Tate and the first Biennial. He is an arts administrator and curator, working in various roles at Bluecoat Arts Centre, where he is now Artistic Director. He has curated many exhibitions, including the 2002 Liverpool Biennial International and ‘Walk On’, an exhibition for the 2006 Shanghai Biennale. He has written about contemporary art and popular music for publications such as Bidoun, Third Text, Strange Things Are Happening – and is an artist in his own right known for his drawings.

Michael Bracewell

Michael Bracewell is a writer, novelist and cultural commentator. His first novel, ‘The Crypto Amnesia Club’, was published in 1988. It was followed by ‘Divine Concepts of Physical Beauty’ (1989), ‘The Conclave’ (1992) and ‘Saint Rachel’ (1995). His most recent novel, ‘Perfect Tense’ (2001), explores the minutiae of office life. His non-fiction includes a cultural history of England, ‘England Is Mine’ (1997) and his writing is included in ‘The Faber Book of Pop’ (1995) and ‘The Penguin Book of Twentieth-Century Fashion Writing’ (1999). He writes about contemporary art for Frieze and has also written exhibition catalogues for many contemporary artists, including Jim Lambie, Sam Taylor-Wood, Ian Davenport and Gilbert & George. He has written and presented two documentaries for BBC television, a profile of Oscar Wilde and a film about architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner's guide to Surrey. His most recent books are a non-fiction portrait of the last decade of the 20th century, entitled ‘The Nineties: When Surface was Depth’ (2002), and published in October this year, 'Re-make/Re-model: Art, Pop, Fashion and the making of Roxy Music, 1953 - 1972'. He is a contributing editor to the Conde Nast publications, and one of the judges of this year's Turner Prize.

Cathy Butterworth

Cathy Butterworth is currently undertaking PhD research into curatorial practice with a focus on Live Art, at the Liverpool School of Art and Design, Liverpool John Moores University where she has also recently worked as a lecturer in History of Art & Museum Studies. From 1999-2005 Cathy was Live Art Curator at Bluecoat Arts Centre, Liverpool, where she curated many performance programmes and organised a number of seminars and conferences, most notably ‘You Are Here’ in 2002 and ‘Liverpool Live’ in 2004, both in partnership with Liverpool Biennial. She was a founding member of Live Art UK, a consortium of Live Art promoters and agencies, set up to research and develop innovative curatorial projects that subsequently included a collaboration with curators from Beijing and the production of a UK wide tour of Live Art from China. Cathy has published articles in the British Council’s ‘On Tour’ publication and ‘Dance Theatre Journal’ and has presented papers at a number of conferences including Mid-West American Theatre conference, Performance Studies International 2000 and The Arts Symposium at New York University.

John J. Campbell

John J. Campbell is an artist and musician whose work encompasses electronic soundworks, installation and group performance. Compositions and recordings with his group It’s Immaterial include the acclaimed CDs: ‘Life’s Hard and Then You Die’ (1986, Virgin Records) and ‘Song’ (1991, Virgin Records). Its Immaterial has gained chart status in the UK, Europe and the USA with titles such as: ‘Driving Away from Home’ (1986, Virgin Records) and ‘Space’ (1987, Virgin Records). He has performed internationally and appeared on television and radio programmes including: Top of the Pops (BBC1), Old Grey Whistle Test (BBC2), In Concert (BBC Radio One), John Peel (BBC Radio One). His composition ‘Gigantic Raft in the Philippines’ features in the Jonathan Demme film ‘The Manchurian Candidate’ (2004, Paramount Pictures). His sound installations include: ‘Baby 96’ (1996) at the Bluecoat Liverpool; ‘Two Seconds Nine Months’ (1996) at Bankside Gallery London; and ‘Walk’ (2004) at Urbis Manchester. The soundwork ‘Backwaters’ (2002) featured in Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art (2002); and ‘Forgotten Seconds’ (2002) in Feedback at Digital Weekend, British Academy Sofia, Bulgaria, and Radio France International. His most recent sound art CD ‘40’ (2007), was recorded for the Audio Research Editions imprint John J. Campbell is Research Fellow in Sound at the Liverpool School of Art and Design, Liverpool John Moores University. Co-funded by Arts Council England.

Rob Chapman

Rob Chapman was singer and lyricist with Bristol post-punk band Glaxo Babies. Their great lost psych-pop album 'The Porlock Factor' has just been released by Cherry Red. He has also written books on pirate radio and record sleeve art and written sleeve notes for artists and movements as diverse as The Last Poets, John Fahey, English psych-pop and Loungecore. Currently residing in Manchester he is a freelance music journalist for The Times and Mojo Magazine, and is a Senior Lecturer in Music Journalism at The University of Huddersfield. His debut novel 'Dusk Music' will be published by The Flambard Press early in 2008. He has just been commissioned by Faber and Faber to write a biography of Syd Barrett.

Colin Fallows

Colin Fallows is Professor of Sound and Visual Arts, Chair of Research, and Head of Department of Contextual Studies at the Liverpool School of Art and Design, Liverpool John Moores University. He has explored crossovers between sound and the visual arts as an artist, researcher, curator, lecturer and he has produced work for live ensemble performance, recordings, exhibition, installation, radio and the Internet. His artistic and curatorial projects have featured in numerous international festivals including Video Positive, ISEA98, Intermedia, Ars Electronica, and Futuresonic. He has directed and managed numerous national/international conferences including: ISEA98: Revolution - the ninth International Symposium on Electronic Art; Sciart and Science on Stage and Screen Symposium in partnership with The Wellcome Trust; and Art-Place-Technology: International Symposium on Curating New Media Art in collaboration with FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology) and Arts Council England. He is the founder and Artistic Director of Audio Research Editions, a limited edition imprint for artists’ soundworks, which since 1998 has published over two hundred works by artists from over twenty countries.

Mat Gregory

Mat Gregory is an artist, writer and lecturer at the Liverpool School of Art and Design, Liverpool John Moores University where his research focuses increasingly upon experimental music and sound art. He has a First Class Honours degree in Art History (2001), and was awarded a postgraduate scholarship from the AHRC leading towards his PhD (2006). His doctoral thesis, entitled ‘Towards a Universal Language’, examined the history of radical experimental music in Japan. In 2001, he was also awarded the Stuart Sutcliffe Fellowship in audio-visual arts, and developed a body of immersive and extended improvised soundworks that were subsequently performed at the Liverpool Biennial 2002 and Futuresonic 2004 festivals. He was also the founder and songwriter with the band The Little Flames, who signed to Deltasonic Records/Sony in 2004, releasing several well-received recordings – one of which (‘Put Your Dukes Up, John’) was recorded and released by Arctic Monkeys (2006). The band also completed a large number of high profile tours and performances worldwide. He is currently engaged in various art, music, and sound-based projects. His most recent sound art CD ‘October’ (2007), was recorded for the Audio Research Editions imprint. He has also continued to produce artwork work for a number of bands, recently designing the sleeve art for The Dead 60s’ second album.

Vicki Maguire

Vicki Maguire is a postgraduate researcher at the Liverpool School of Art and Design, Liverpool John Moores University where she has also recently worked as a lecturer in History of Art & Museum Studies. She has a particular interest in 1960s counterculture and the impact of the Situationist international on Britain and the USA. Her MRes/PhD research is concerned with unearthing relationships and cultural links between the legacy of the French Situationists, English pro-Situ groups, and the birth of English Punk. She has also worked for a number of arts organisations including Tate Liverpool, FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology) and Liverpool Biennial. In 2006 she co-curated 'ReNew06: A Collaboration' and 'redskyatnight', two exhibitions which featured new work by artists from across the UK including several pieces by the artist Jamie Reid. She also worked closely with Canadian video artist Kelly Mark at FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology) on the 'Liverpool A to Z' project for Liverpool Biennial 2006. Her research into the work of Jamie Reid is ongoing.

Barry Miles

Barry Miles was the co-founder of Indica Books and Gallery in 1966 and International Times (IT), the first European underground newspaper. He was the London based host to Allen Ginsberg’s visit to England in 1967 – including the periods immediately before and after his visit to Liverpool. In 1968 Paul McCartney appointed Barry Miles head of Zapple, the Beatles’ spoken word label. He specialises in writing about the Beat Generation and is the author of many books including: ‘A Catalogue of the William S. Burroughs Archive’ (1973), ‘Allen Ginsberg: A Biography’ (1989), ‘William Burroughs: El Hombre Invisible’ (1992), ‘Jack Kerouac: King of the Beats’ (1998), ‘Beat Hotel’ (2000), the best selling ‘Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now’ (1997), ‘Frank Zappa’ (2004) and ‘Pink Floyd: The Early Years’ (2007). International Times: The Barry Miles Archive is housed at Liverpool John Moores University and Barry Miles is the chief consultant and associate researcher on all aspects of the archive. He is also a Visiting Research Fellow at the Liverpool School of Art and Design, Liverpool John Moores University.

Jamie Reid

Jamie Reid is a British artist with connections to the Situationists. His work, featuring letters cut from newspaper headlines helped define the image of Punk particularly in the UK. He created the graphic look used with the Sex Pistols while he was designing Suburban Press, a radical political magazine which he ran for five years. His works from the 1970s include all artwork and packaging design associated with the Sex Pistols including the album ‘Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols’. He produced the innovative interiors for the Strongroom recording studios, London and he is Art Director for the world music fusion band Afro Celt Sound System. He has also produced visuals for numerous bands and political causes. Recently he has been exhibiting and publishing prints with the Aquarium gallery London and for 2008 is planning to tour a major retrospective exhibition around the world starting in the USA.

Jon Savage

Jon Savage is a leading UK based writer and cultural historian. In 1976, he published a fanzine called ‘London's Outrage’ and during the following years he has written widely for British and American newspapers and magazines on music, pop culture and social history including: Sounds, the Village Voice, Melody Maker, the Guardian, The Observer, the Face and MOJO. His book ‘England's Dreaming: Sex Pistols and Punk Rock’ (1993) won the Ralph J. Gleason Book Award in 1993 and is now regarded as the definitive history of the late seventies. He has also published a collection of journalism, ‘Time Travel’ (1996), and co-edited (with Hanif Kureishi) ‘The Faber Book of Pop’ (1995). His film and television credits include the BAFTA award-winning documentary ‘The Brian Epstein Story’ (1998) and ‘Joy Division’ (2007), a history of group, time and place premiered at the Toronto Film Festival (2007). His most recent book, published to great acclaim, is ‘Teenage: The Creation of Youth 1875-1945’ (2007). England’s Dreaming: The Jon Savage Archive, the largest single collection of Punk related material in the world, is housed at Liverpool John Moores University. Jon Savage is the chief consultant and research associate on all aspects of the archive.

Simon Warner

Simon Warner is a lecturer, journalist and broadcaster who has taught popular music at the University of Leeds in the UK since 1994. A live rock reviewer for the Guardian between 1992 an 1995, he is now Senior Teaching Fellow in the university’s School of Music, where he launched and curates the Peter Blake Music Art Gallery. His publications include ‘Rockspeak: The Language of Rock and Pop’ (1996), a chapter in ‘Remembering Woodstock’ (2004) and, as editor, the collection ‘Howl for Now: A Celebration of Allen Ginsberg’s epic protest poem’ (2005). His most recent work considers Ginsberg’s celebrated visit to Liverpool in 1965, an essay which appears in the volume ‘Centre of the Creative Universe: Liverpool and the Avant Garde’ (2007). In June, he hosted a 40th anniversary conference on Sgt. Pepper and, in November, will direct ‘Back On the Road’, a half-centenary commemoration of Jack Kerouac’s seminal novel in Leeds. A featured columnist for the cultural webzine ‘Pop Matters’ from 2001-2006, he is a regular commentator on rock topics to BBC radio.