A Genuine Mystery – Inspiration and shared belief in collaborative art and education contexts

Saturday 13 October, Talbot Rice Gallery, 10am-5pm, Free

‘There has to be a common problem and it has to be a genuine mystery’.
Tim Rollins

The symposium will take the collaborative working practice of Tim
Rollins and K.O.S and his statement about group motivation as a point of
departure to explore ideas about art and pedagogy

· How do you balance the learning agenda with quality art production
and process?
· What are the ethics of the social encounter in socially engaged art practice?
· Within the collective production context how is authorship
negotiated? (Is it relevant?)
· What role does inspiration and shared belief play in a learning
environment?
· Can models of collaborative production and learning thrive in
mainstream education systems?

The symposium will be chaired by Susan T. Grant, an artist and
independent arts manager who specialises in collaborative artworks in the public
realm.

Symposium contributors include Declan McGonagle, Director of the
National College of Art and Design Dublin; Marsha Bradfield from Critical
Practice; Katie Bruce, Producer/Curator at the Gallery of Modern Art Glasgow and
Associate Artist Rachel Mimiec; Professor Neil Mulholland and Dan Brown
on Shift/Work; John Reardon and Johannes Maier of ArtSchool/UK; Rachel
Thibbotumunuwe, Hilary Nicol and Johnny Gailey, Artworks Scotland &
Talbot Rice Gallery partnership.

This is a free event with a sandwich lunch and refreshments provided.
Booking is essential. Contact info.talbotrice@ed.ac.uk to book your
place.

The symposium has been made possible with support from the University
of Edinburgh’s Principal’s Fund and is a partnership with engage
Scotland.