IPY 2007-2008

The Arts Catalyst, The British Library and the Open University present
POLAR: Fieldwork and Archive Fever
Symposium and series of public talks on the art and science of climate change at the British Library

Monday 19 – Tuesday 20 November

SYMPOSIUM
The British Library Conference Centre, Euston Road, London, UK

An interdisciplinary symposium focusing on the curation and production of climate change knowledge and the polar regions. This will bring together scientists, writers, artists, historians and social scientists with interests in knowledge about polar landscapes and the broader implications of this knowledge for global climate and society.

Keynote Speakers:
Professor Denis Cosgrove, University of California, Los Angeles, editor of High Places: Cultural Geographies of Mountains and Ice (2008)
Professor Sverker Sörlin, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, co-editor of Narrating the Arctic (2002)
Professor Rachel Weiss, Art Institute of Chicago, curator and author of Imagining Antarctica (1986)
Simon Faithfull, artist and author of Ice Blink (2006)

To register, contact {encode=" This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it " title="Kathryn Yusoff"}, Open University.

Price £25 (including refreshments)

For further information, please download the Polar: Fieldwork and Archive fever Brochure (PDF) or see http://www.artscatalyst.org/polararchives.html