Dear colleagues,

Symposium of the working group, Modern Materials in Collections:
Scotland, in association with VARIE and ECA.

Material Matters: Materiality in Contemporary Art
20 November 2008, Edinburgh College of Art

How do you make, preserve and interpret contemporary art made with
non-traditional materials? What are the challenges and how are they
overcome by artists, conservators and curators? What are the
implications and opportunities for art education in Scotland? These are
the issues that will be discussed at a symposium organised by the Modern
Materials in Collections: Scotland (MMiC:S) working group in
collaboration with VARIE (Visual Arts Research Institute Edinburgh) Icon
Scotland Group and ECA. The symposium will take place at Edinburgh
College of Art on 20 November 2008.

Modern Materials in Collections: Scotland

Founded in 2006, MMiC:S promotes the collecting of modern materials and
helps to build confidence, skills and best practice for the acquisition,
display and preservation of contemporary objects and art. Following the
success of last year's symposium on plastics in collections, this year's
annual event will bring together those who make art and those who look
after it to discuss materiality in contemporary art.

The morning will be given over to papers, with topics including the
semantics of materials, the neglect of materiality in traditional art
history, conservation challenges posed by non-traditional materials and
the artistic production process. In the afternoon a number of break-out
sessions will give an opportunity to explore some of these issues in
more detail. Speakers confirmed for the symposium are: Daniel Herrmann
and Jacqueline Ridge of National Galleries Scotland, Dr Petra
Lange-Berndt of University College of London, Dr Erma Hermens and
Rebecca Erdal of Glasgow University, Will MacLean MBE RSA and Glen Onwin
RSA. The event will be recorded and we intend to make the presentations
available to a wider audience.

Registration

Registration is available at £20 or £10 for students. To find out about
the programme, view abstracts of presentations and to register, visit
http://mmics.wordpress.com

We hope to see you there!

Sandy Wood
MMiC:S Chairperson

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