Mass Observation, Surrealism and the Everyday: a one day symposium
Manchester Museum, Manchester
4 November 2005
Bringing together speakers from different disciplines, this symposium will reconsider the innovations and legacies of Mass-Observation, focusing in particular on Mass-Observation’s relationship to Surrealism, its connections to notions of the everyday, and its influence on contemporary art. Speakers will include: art historians David Mellor, Ian Walker, and Joanna Lowry, social historian Peter Gurney, sociologist Liz Stanley and Turner-prize winning artist Jeremy Deller.
A small display of Mass-Observation photographs from the collections of the Bolton Art Gallery and Museum will be on display at the Manchester Museum between October 22 and November 11.
For further information, please contact:
Anna Dezeuze (anna.dezeuze@manchester.ac.uk)
or Steven Gartside (s.gartside@mmu.ac.uk)
This event is FREE but you are advised to book a place by phoning the Manchester Museum at 0161 275 2648.
The event is a collaboration between the AHRC Research Centre for Studies of Surrealism and its Legacies, University of Manchester, and the Location, Memory and the Visual Research Group, MIRIAD, Manchester Metropolitan University.
