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Bloomsbury Adaptations
| Location: | United Kingdom |
| Conference Date: | 2011-02-28 (Archive) |
| Date Submitted: |
2010-10-14 |
| Announcement ID: |
179751 |
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BLOOMSBURY ADAPTATIONS
Bath Spa University
5th and 6th May 2011
'No poet, no artist of any art, has his complete meaning alone. His significance,
his appreciation is the appreciation of his relation to the dead poets and
artists... the past should be altered by the present as much as the present is
directed by the past.'
(T.S. Eliot, 'Tradition and the Individual Talent')
'Bloomsbury Adaptations' is an interdisciplinary conference which aims to explore
the ways that twentieth and twenty-first century art (literary, visual, performing)
has been influenced by the work of The Bloomsbury Group and its London milieu.
Papers, short performance pieces, works of art, suggestions for literary/artistic
workshops inspired by Bloomsbury are welcomed as the catalyst for a discussion of
how, in Eliot's words, the past has been 'altered by the present as much as the
present is directed by the past'.
Highlights of the conference will include a creative writing workshop with Susan
Sellers, author of the acclaimed novel Vanessa and Virginia; a performance of the
play 'Vanessa and Virginia' by Elizabeth Wright; dance performances by The Stephen
Pelton Dance Company and a Bloomsbury inspired exhibition of art work by
post-graduate students at Bath Spa University.
Keynote Speakers: Frances Spalding and Paul Edwards
Workshops: Susan Sellers (Creative Writing), Kitty Randle and Sarah Fullagar
(Performance)
Performances: 'Vanessa and Virginia' (Moving Stories) and dance programme by the
ShadyJane Dance Company.
Proposals for 15 min papers are invited addressing the work of 'the Bloomsbury
Group' and their contemporaries using adaptation and inspiration as a starting
point.
Topics may include (but are not limited to):
* inspiration
* adaptation
* the difficulties and joys of translating one form of creative output into
another
* how creative works influence each other
* 'anxieties of influence' (Harold Bloom)
* early-twentieth century London and its impact on the contemporary art scene
* dance, drama, music, painting, sculpture, prose, poetry influenced by
Bloomsbury and the London Scene
* The Omega Workshop and its influence
* Creative reactions against Bloomsbury
Proposals for individual papers and/or panels due by 28th February 2011. We also
welcome working examples which demonstrate how Bloomsbury and its age have affected
contemporary artists (literary, visual and performing). These may include, but are
not limited to performances (dance, drama, music), creative workshops, poetry and
prose readings, exhibitions, live art, film etc. Please send 250-word abstracts as
Word attachments to Dr Elizabeth Wright
(e.h.wright@bathspa.ac.uk) or Natasha Rivett-Carnac
(natasha.rivettcarnac@hotmail.co.uk)
by 28th February 2011.
Who to contact:
Dr Elizabeth Wright - Conference Organiser (e.h.wright@bathspa.ac.uk)
Jo Howe and Sandy Joakim - Marketing and Publicity
(joanna.howe10@live.bathspa.ac.uk and
Sandra.Joakim10@live.bathspa.ac.uk)
Natasha Rivett-Carnac - Panels and Exhibitions Assistant
(natasha.rivettcarnac@hotmail.co.uk)
Chris Lewis - Registration and Payments
(christopher.lewis10@live.bathspa.ac.uk)
To register for the conference and for further information, please visit our Vanessa
Bell inspired website designed by recent Bath Spa graduate Liz Greenfield:
http://www.bathspa.ac.uk/bloomsbury
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