We will be hosting a radical symposium at Leeds School of Arts with keynote speaker Dr. Deborah Harty, a practitioner researcher and Senior Lecturer in Fine Art at Loughborough University and runs our much-appreciated Drawing Research Network (DRN). Known for her explorations into the phenomenology of drawing based on Merleau Ponty’s phenomenology in The Primacy of Perception: and Other Essays on Phenomenological Psychology, the Philosophy of Art, History and Politics (1964) and how specific phenomena are apprehended and mediated by the body, the artist’s view of ‘being-in-the-world’, Harty’s research has provided the foundation for many discussions on the time-space of drawing and drawing environments as part of DRN’s ongoing rigour. Ecologies of Drawing: Drawing: In Situ (2022) prompts this Symposium and our call for presentations.
This is a short turn-around as we are looking for vibrant and experimental activities to create the day. Please submit proposals of:
300-word min - max for film and poster, 500-word proposal for presentations with
ONE good quality image of your work
100 - 150-word biography
Please save your document as Drawing Articulations Surname, Forename, (either film, poster or presentation) in the title.
To j.leahleedsbeckett.ac.uk (please contact for further details)
for 25th March 5pm. Selections will be notified by Monday 15th April.
We look forward to hearing from you.