"What on earth are they talking about? The 'discursive turn' in
recent art practice" is the title of a lecture to be delivered by Dr
Mick Wilson at UCC on Thursday, 7 December at 6.15pm, West Wing 5.
Mick Wilson is Head of Research & Postgraduate Development at the
National College of Art and Design, Dublin and a leading innovator and
researcher in research in art practice.
The lecture, which is hosted by UCC's History of Art, will examine the
turn to discursive modes of practice by artists and curators and
explore the complex relationships between research and practice.
Dr Wilson will present material from an essay included in the book
Curating Subjects to be published in London in Spring 2007.
Dr Wilson has lectured on a wide range of subjects including
contemporary art, cultural studies, and technology studies. He has also
exhibited locally and internationally in a variety of media ranging
from drawing and sculpture to video and performance. He has contributed
more than 30 catalogue essays in support of the work of other artists
and also worked as an independent curator. Recent publications include
"Invasion of the Kiddyfiddlers" in Robert Atkins and Svetlana Mintcheva
(eds.) (2006) Censoring Culture: Contemporary Threats to Free
Expression, New York: The New Press and "Tricks of Trade and Terms of
Art", Third Text, Volume 19, Number 5.
This is the second lecture in the 2006/07 lecture series in theories of
Modernism and Postmodernism in the Visual Arts organised by UCC's
History of Art. The series will bring national and international
scholars to UCC to reflect upon and present their research in a series
of events.
Members of the public are invited to attend and admission is free.
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