Recording Britain Symposium
Friday 20 April, 10.30-17.30
Hochhauser Auditorium

This symposium will explore the presence of the past, national identity, taste and nostalgia in relation to the Recording Britain collection of water colours and drawings produced at the start of World War II. Speakers include Patrick Wright, David Heathcote, and artists Ingrid Pollard, Abigail Reynolds, Simon Roberts and Paul Scott.

Programme
10.00 Registration
10.30 Welcome and Introduction Matilda Pye, V&A 10.40 Aims and Ambitions of the Symposium
Gill Saunders, Curator of Recording Britain, V&A
11.05 Patrick Wright, writer, teacher and Broadcaster
11.30 Coffee
12.00 A Shell Eye on England
David Heathcote, cultural historian, writer, curator and broadcaster
12.25 Discussion
12.45 Lunch (not provided)
14.00 Artists Recording Britain now and in the Recent Past
Ingrid Pollard, Abigail Reynolds, Simon Roberts and Paul Scott
Discussion Chair, Matilda Pye
15.30 Tea
15.55 The Folk Mode of Expression
Doc Rowe, archivist, freelance broadcaster and photographer
16.25 Audience Discussion
17.00 Close

All programmes very occasionally subject to change without warning.
£25, £20 concessions, £10 students
To book and for more information call 020 7942 2211 or visit www.vam.ac.uk/ticketsFor programme information and to book visit http://www.vam.ac.uk/whatson/media/uploads/files/recording_britain_conference.pdf

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