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Live Laboratory Symposium

1,733 Live Views 4 In Crowd Plymouth Arts Centre presents The Pigs of Today are the Hams of Tomorrow,
a curatorial collaboration with the Marina Abramović Institute for Preservation
of Performance Art. The Pigs of Today are the Hams of Tomorrow staged, documented and… Plymouth Arts Centre presents The Pigs of Today are the Hams of Tomorrow,
a curatorial collaboration with the Marina Abramović Institute for Preservation
of Performance Art. The Pigs of Today are the Hams of Tomorrow staged, documented and discussed groundbreaking international performance art
in order to examine and sustain the future of the medium.


Thursday 21 January 2010

18.30 - 20.30: Opening - The Pigs of Today are the Hams of Tomorrow – Drinks Reception, Performances and Publication Launch, Brewhouse and Slaughterhouse, Royal William Yard

19.00: Speeches by Ian Hutchinson, Director, Plymouth Arts Centre and Maria Balshaw, Director, Whitworth Museum and Art Gallery, Brewhouse, Royal William Yard


Friday 22 January 2010

13.30 - 16.30: Live Laboratory Symposium - Lineages, Memories, Legacies, Brewhouse, Royal William Yard

• Introduction & Welcome: Paula Orrell, Plymouth Arts Centre, and Roberta Mock, University of Plymouth

• Keynote: Marina Abramović. Chair: Maria Balshaw

• Panel: Lois Weaver, Alastair MacLennan, and Kira O’Reilly. Chair: Roberta Mock


Saturday 23 January 2010

10.00 - 12.30: Symposium Session - Artists In Conversation, Brewhouse, Royal William Yard

• Ron Athey with Dominic Johnson

• Hayley Newman with Roberta Mock & Siobhan McKeown

• Tehching Hsieh with Adrian Heathfield

14.00 - 17.00: Symposium Session - Re-enactment, Traces & Generations, Brewhouse, Royal William Yard

• Panel: Paul Clarke and Eva & Franco Mattes. Chaired with introductory presentation by Nick Kaye

• Keynote: André Stitt on Trace:collective. Chair: Lee Miller

21.15 - 22.15: Discussion of performances/Q&A with artists. Chair: Lee Miller, Brewhouse, Royal William Yard


Sunday 24 January 2010
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9.30 - 13.30: Symposium Session - Curation and Generation(s), Globe Theatre, Stonehouse Royal Marines Barracks

• Discussion of Performance Market with Caroline Mawdsley, Andrew Mitchelson and Performance Market Artists. Introduced by Helen Pritchard

• Roundtable: Curating in the South West. Paula Orrell, Helen Cole and Geoff Cox

• Keynote: Jovana Stokic on The Body as/of Evidence: Collecting, Curating and Conserving Performance Art in Contemporary Museums

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Legacy of Performance
at Plymouth Arts Centre

Saturday 6 March, 4.30 – 6.30pm

Join collaborators from Performance Market, University of Plymouth, Dartington, RED APE and LOW PROFILE to discuss the legacy and impact of The Pigs of Today are the Hams of Tomorrow on Plymouth and the region. More