[Nettime-nl] lecture "Identity and Individuality"- November 2

[Geert Lovink <geert@xs4all.nl>]

> In collaboration with the Art History Department and the Cultural 
> Studies Department of the Universiteit van Amsterdam, the Mondriaan 
> Foundation is presenting
>  
> Identity and Individuality;
> Navigating Multiculturalism and Cultural Diversity in the Visual Arts 
>  
> a public lecture by Dr. Augustus (Gus) Casely-Hayford,
> director of the London-based inIVA (Institute of International Visual 
> Arts).
>  
> Thursday 2 November 2006,  7:30 pm,
> Aula of the Universiteit van Amsterdam, Singel 411, Amsterdam
>   
> You are cordially invited to attend the lecture by Gus Casely-Hayford
>  
> Dr. Augustus (Gus) Casely-Hayford is a curator, creative producer and 
> consultant in the visual arts. He has written, presented and directed 
> a variety of programmes for radio and television in the UK, including 
> Channel Four and the BBC World Service. As director of Africa 2005, 
> the African arts season hosted in Britain, he forged partnerships with 
> more than 150 organisations. Dr. Casely-Hayford has written and 
> curated widely. He lectures on world art at Sotheby's, Goldsmiths and 
> the University of Westminster, and is a consultant for organisations 
> such as the United Nations, The Arts Council and the BBC. He is a 
> Clore Fellow and sits on a variety of committees, including Tate 
> Britain Council and the African Express music festival. In January 
> 2006, Augustus Casely-Hayford was appointed Director of inIVA.
>  
> inIVA (Institute of International Visual Arts) was launched in 1994 
> and has become a significant contemporary visual arts agency that 
> supports and promotes the work of artists, curators and scholars from 
> diverse cultural backgrounds, seeking to make their artistic practices 
> and ideas accessible to new and diverse audiences. inIVA creates 
> exhibitions, publications, multimedia, education and research 
> projects. inIVA invests in artists who deserve wider recognition for 
> their talents; takes art into unexpected places as well as the more 
> traditional venues; and engages new audiences, young and old, in 
> contemporary art. inIVA creates opportunities for participation, 
> exploration and lifelong learning, by bridging contemporary art and 
> the everyday world.
>  
> To contribute to the ongoing debate and to create awareness about the 
> issue of cultural diversity, the Mondriaan Foundation intends to 
> organise lectures by prominent scholars and other professionals in the 
> fields of the visual arts and cultural heritage, both from the 
> Netherlands and abroad.
>  
> Programme
>  
> 7:30 pm  Doors open
> 8:00 pm  Introduction by Gitta Luiten, director of the Mondriaan 
> Foundation
> Keynote lecture by Gus Casely-Hayford, director of inIVA
> 8:45 pm  Intermission with coffee/tea
> 9:00 pm                  Public interview with Gus Casely-Hayford; 
> Professor Dick Douwes, Dean of the Faculty of History and Arts at 
> Erasmus University; and the audience. Moderated by Professor Deborah 
> Cherry, Research Group Art of the Modern Period at the Universiteit 
> van Amsterdam
> 9:45 pm                  End
>  
> Aula (auditorium) of the Universiteit van Amsterdam, Singel 411, 
> Amsterdam
> From Amsterdam Central Station: Trams 1, 2 and 5. Get out at Spui. 
> When you exit the tram, make a quarter turn to your right. The aula is 
> +/- 100 metres ahead, on the other side of the square.

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