Tim Robinson |
Interpreting
Landscape
Moore Institute International Symposium
Tuesday 30 September 2014
Hardiman Research Building, National University of Ireland, Galway
Booking essential: http://www.nuigalway.ie/mooreinstitute
Schedule:
10.30 Registration and coffee/tea. Venue: entrance to Room
G010, Atrium of the Hardiman Research Building
11.00 Welcome by Daniel Carey, Director of the Moore
Institute. Venue: Room G010
11.05 John Wylie, Exeter University: So near and yet so
far'.
Discussion
11.50 Justin Carville, Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art and
Design: 'Lines of sight and historical topographies: photography, anthropology
and archaeology in the West of Ireland'
12.30 Nicolas Fève, photographer: introduction to his
photographic practice and interpretation of landscapes evoked by Tim Robinson,
followed by Justin and Nicolas in conversation, and discussion
13.00 Lunch break and opportunity to visit the exhibition ‘Interpreting
Landscape: Tim Robinson and the West of Ireland' / ‘Rianú Talún: Tim Robinson
agus Iarthar na hÉireann', in the Atrium, Hardiman Research Building. This
exhibition displays elements of the Robinson Archive in the James Hardiman
Library, together with photographs by Nicolas Fève and extracts from John
Elder, Nicolas Fève and Tim Robinson, Connemara and Elsewhere (Royal Irish
Academy, 2014). A display of other archives relating to landscape can be viewed
in the nearby Special Collections Reading Room.
13.45 Nessa Cronin, National University of Ireland, Galway:
‘Interpreting island space: gender, science, and empire in the life and work of
Maude Jane Delap (Valentia Island, 1866-1953)'
Discussion
14.25 John Elder, Middlebury College, Vermont: 'Dwelling on
the edge'
Discussion
15.15 Short break
15.30 Screening of ‘Unfolding the landscape', a filmed
interview with Vincent Woods, Tim Robinson and Nicolas Fève. Venue: Seminar
Room G011, Hardiman Research Building
16.30 Close of symposium
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