The alias seminars are a key strand of alias’ activity, functioning as a focus for a network between artists and artist groups in the South West.
Seminar 1 - disfrutar
A discussion on art and landscape, in conjunction with the Quercus exhibition 'Disfrutar' at the Museum in the Park.
Speakers:
Dr Neil Armstrong Founder and curator of Tremenheere Garden, Penzance.
Clive Adams Director of Centre for Contemporary Art and the Natural World, Hornton Forest Park, Exeter.
Dr Armstrong will describe the underlying concepts and evolution of Tremenheere Gardens www.tremenheere.co.uk/) and his interaction with the artists. The sub-tropical gardens are set within a beautiful 20-acre valley and feature artworks of international importance including two permanent installations by James Turrell and a large piece by David Nash.
Clive Adams, ‘Nature and I are Two’. A talk on the origins of Art and Ecology and on the Centre for Contemporary Art and the Natural World. Adams will look at how, throughout history when civilizations become stressed by environmental degradation, new artforms have evolved to remind humanity of its connection with the rest of nature.
Art and Landscape
Saturday 11th February 2012, 11am - 4pm
SVA, 4 John Street, Stroud, Glos, GL5 2HA
Talks 11-2pm
Walk and viewing of exhibition (optional) 2-4pm
Free event. Light lunch included
For bookings contact: office@sva.org.uk 01453 751440
Seminar 2 - Little Sparta, 1967-2012
Saturday 3rd March, 2pm
The Museum in the Park, Stratford park, Stroud, GL5 4AF
Speaker: John Phibbs Principle of Debois Landscape Survey Group, working in the field of historic landscape.
Little Sparta, or Stonypath, is a tiny croft in the Pentland Hills where Ian and Sue Hamilton Finlay have made one of the most influential British gardens of the second half of the twentieth century. (http://www.littlesparta.co.uk/)
This is essentially a garden of ‘poems’, which is unique because of Ian Finlay's exhaustive and lifelong exploration of ways in which artworks, gardens and nature can be brought together.
John Phibbs is currently working at Little Sparta writing a master plan for its conservation and development.
Talk 2-4pm
Free event. Refreshments available to purchase
For bookings contact: office@sva.org.uk 01453 751440
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