Finding Common Ground
Peter Kennard, Haywain with Cruise Missiles, 1980.
Finding Common Ground - A two-day symposium and workshop as part of Radical Landscapes exhibition.
Organised by Tate Liverpool and the Paul Mellon Centre, Finding Common Ground includes workshops, talks, tours, artist-led walks and a forum to discuss contested spaces and individual and collective action.
Day 1: Friday 8 July
09.00-18.30, Tate Liverpool
A symposium convened by Sria Chatterjee (Head of Research and Learning, Paul Mellon Centre), Darren Pih (Curator, Exhibitions and Displays, Tate Liverpool) and Emilia Will (Project Editor, Tate Liverpool)
Imagined as an extension of Radical Landscapes, Day 1 of the symposium provides a space to dig deeper into the histories and futures of the rural. The exhibition opens up the countryside as a space where questions around trespass, borders, access, edgelands, botany, artistic experimentation and struggles around civic freedoms coagulate. Following a private view of the exhibition, the symposium will bring together scholars, artists and botanical practitioners to think together about contested spaces and collective action through talks, discussions and live performances.
SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE
09.00 – 10.00: Private View of Radical Landscapes for all attendees
10.00 – 10.20: Refreshments
Panel 1: Fabricating the Rural
10.20 – 10.30: Welcome by Darren Pih (Curator, Exhibitions and Displays, Tate Liverpool)
10.30 – 11.00: Vron Ware (Writer and Photographer), Learning from the Land
11.00 – 11.25: Frederika Tevebring (King's College London), Digging Deeper: Archaeology and Politics at the Festival of Britain and Beyond
11.25 – 12.00: Discussion and Questions chaired by Darren Pih
12.00 – 13.00: Lunch
Panel 2: The Politics of Growing
13.00 – 13.05: Welcome by Sria Chatterjee (Head of Research and Learning, Paul Mellon Centre)
13.05 – 13.30: Jill Casid (Professor of Visual Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison), Going to Seed in the Necrocene
13.30 – 13.55: Claire Ratinon (Food Grower and Writer) Unearthed: On Race and Roots
13.55 – 14.20: Discussion and Questions chaired by Sria Chatterjee
14.20 – 14.50: Tea Break
Panel 3: Ecopoetics and Environmental Justice
14.50 – 14.55: Welcome by Laura Bruni (Assistant Curator, Tate Liverpool)
14.55 – 15.35: Bones Tan Jones (Artist) Dream After Screen (2020) [Interactive Screening] with response by Ama Josephine B. Johnstone
15.35 – 16.00: Discussion and Questions
16.00 – 16.15: Comfort Break
Panel 4: Being in the Landscape
16.15 – 16.20: Welcome by Sarah James (Senior Curator, Exhibitions, Tate Liverpool)
16.20 – 16.40: Delaine Le Bas (Artist) WE Hold It In Our Hands........Ancient & Precious [Performance]
16.40 – 17.00: Davinia-Ann Robinson (Artist) [Performance]
17.00 – 17.10: Closing Remarks with Darren Pih and Sria Chatterjee
17.10 – 18.30: Reception
Day 2: Saturday 9 July
11.00-14.00, Birkenhead Park, Liverpool
Join us for a communal picnic and walking tour of Birkenhead Park, which was one of the first publicly funded parks in the world. Led by historian Dr Ruth Colton, it celebrates the radical nature of public parks as shared social spaces, whose creation was part of a national campaign to access natural, green space in urban settings. The tour explores how the landscaping and architecture of Birkenhead Park relates to empire and colonialism, and how its intended uses have been subverted by the public throughout its history to the present day.
11.00-12.00, introductory talk; bring your own picnic brunch
12.00-14.00, guided tour led by Ruth Colton
Meet at the Grand Entrance, at the corner of Park Road North and Park Road East.
Speakers and performers include:
Darren Pih, Curator, Exhibitions and Displays, Tate Liverpool
Frederika Tevebring, King's College London
Sria Chatterjee, Head of Research and Learning, Paul Mellon Centre
Jill Casid, Professor of Visual Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Claire Ratinon, Food Grower and Writer
Emilia Will, Project Editor, Tate Liverpool
Bones Tan Jones, Artist
Sarah James, Senior Curator, Exhibitions, Tate Liverpool
Delaine Le Bas, Artist
Davinia-Ann Robinson, Artist
Dr. Ruth Colton, Historian
TATE LIVERPOOL
Royal Albert Dock
Liverpool L3 4BB
