ArtWork

Date:

Friday 29 June 2012, 10am-4pm

Venue: Exhibition Space, Jessop West, University of Sheffield, 1 Upper Hanover Street,
Sheffield S3 7RA
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CALL FOR PAPERS AND INTERVENTIONS

Art Sheffield and The University of Sheffield are collaborating on a new series of participatory
symposia and workshops reflecting on art in the city. The aim is to generate debate around
different aspects of contemporary art practice. It is intended that these discussions will feed
into the planning and rationale for the next Art Sheffield Festival, which will be launched in
October 2013 and will cohere around the central theme of art in the city, viewed through the
prism of work and labour.
The first symposium, to be held at the University of Sheffield on Friday 29th June, will
provide an opportunity for contributors from a wide range of interests and backgrounds
relating to this broad field of enquiry to tease out strands to be used as provocateurs that,
over the course of the next year, will encourage debate and dialogue around the critical
premise of the Art Sheffield Festival, and the selection of works. The themes of the first
symposium are work and works.
The symposium will adopt a non-traditional format, interspersing speakers with artist
performances, readings, screenings, a city walk and a collaborative roundtable discussion. As
part of the programme, we will also be offering a free lunchtime picnic, during which
participants will have the opportunity to meet and talk informally with practitioners and
researchers from across the city. The resulting content will be documented and available
online through a Bookleteer.

The themes we would like to explore on June 29th include (but are not limited to):

works: the architecture of historic workplaces around the city

the architecture and social and economic history of the city

craftsmanship and sites for creative activity

spaces that have been taken up by both artist communities and developers
devotion and vocation
the reconnection with meaningful labour and talents; work removed from
economic gain, as a counter to a meaningless, boredom or inertia - waste of

time jobs all relating to the shifting economy of the city

social cohesion within the city; the construction and perpetuation of class
systems preventing solidarity and new media as an alternative model

We are seeking proposals for performances, poetry, readings and panel contributions
for the first symposium on June 29th.
Selected contributors will receive a small fee.
To submit a proposal, please complete the attached form and email it to Dr Amanda
Crawley Jackson by 5pm on Monday June 18th. Proposals will be considered by a panel
including Laura Sillars (Site Gallery), Louise Hutchinson (S1), Lesley Guy (Bloc
Projects) and Amanda Crawley Jackson (University of Sheffield).

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PROPOSAL SUBMISSION FORM
Deadline for submission: Monday June 18th, 6pm
Email form to a.j.jackson@sheffield.ac.uk

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