9-11th September 2011, Edinburgh College of Art
Event Programme:
CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN: Lord Bruce
FRIDAY EVENING
Reception (courtesy of Classics, University of Edinburgh)
6pm to 8pm
Welcome to Edinburgh by Councillor Deidre Brock, City of Edinburgh Council.
Short introduction to conference themes and ECA Cast Collection by Lord Bruce and Cast Collection staff
Two parellel sessions will run on Saturday, details below:
| SATURDAY at ECA HUNTER LECTURE THEATRE | MAIN BOARD ROOM |
| SESSION 1 Collections Survey Chair: Helen Smailes, National Galleries of Scotland |
SESSION 2 Heritage Conservation – Round Table Chair: Dr. Dorothy Bell, University of Edinburgh |
| 9.30 Margaret Stewart, University of Edinburgh: Edinburgh College of Art Cast Collection 9.50 Marjorie Trusted, Victoria and Albert Museum: Reproduction as Spectacle, Education and Inspiration. The Cast Courts at the Victoria and Albert Museum 10.10 Dr. Emmanuel Schwartz, École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, Paris: Casts after Michelangelo and their Impact on French Taste 10.30 Helen Valentine, Royal Academy of Arts: The History of the Royal Academy Collection and the Pedagogic use of the Casts |
10.00 Dr. Ruxandra-Iulia Stoica, University of Edinburgh: Dualism and Conservation 10.10 Graciela Ainsworth, Conservator: The Conservation of Plaster Casts in an Educational Environment 10.20 Thorsten Hanke, Architect: What Objects Tell: Unwritten History and Conservation 10.30 Cristina Gonzalez-Longo, Architect: When Playfair Met Adam: Ornament and Conservation at the Old College between the Age of the Enlightment and the Greek Revival 10.40 Dr. Dimitris Theodossopoulos, University of Edinburgh: Structure and Conservation of Neoclassical Stonework in Edinburgh |
| 10.50 COFFEE | |
| SESSIONS CONTINUED
11.10 Dr. Eckart Marchand, University of London: Plaster Cast Collections: genesis status and strategies |
11.10 Discussion |
| 12.30 LUNCH | |
| SESSION 3 Edinburgh Architecture and Cityscape Chair: Margaret Stewart, University of Edinburgh |
SESSION 4 Devising and Designing for Athens and Edinburgh Chair: Bill Hare, University of Edinburgh |
| 1.30 Prof. Charles McKean, University of Dundee: From Bordello to Shrine… the Rebranding of Calton Hill (and Edinburgh) 1.50 Kirsten McKee, University of Edinburgh: The Monument, the Image and the Zeitgeist 2.10 Ian Gow, National Trust for Scotland: Architectural Sculpture in Later New Town Houses 2.30 John Lowrey, University of Edinburgh 2.50 Discussion |
1.30 Dawn McDowell, Historic Scotland: Designing Edinburgh College of Art in 1909-13 for the Cast Collection 1.50 Mark Cousins, Architect: Designing for the Edinburgh Cast Collection 2.10 Chris Dorsett, Northumbria University: Contemporaries: Sculptural Presence and Plaster Casts in Art Schools 2.30 Prof. Wolfgang Sonne, Technische Universität Dortmund: Designing Modern Athens 2.50 Discussion |
| 3.10 TEA | |
| SESSION 5 Legacies, Uses, Perceptions Chair: Chris Dorsett, Northumbria University |
SESSION 6 Art Education Chair: Joan Smith, University of Edinburgh |
| 3.30 Prof. Stephen Bann, University of Bristol: Casts after Photography 3.50 Dr. Kate Nichols, University of York: Plaster Casts and Authenticity at the Crystal Palace 4.10 Dr. Glenys Davies, University of Edinburgh: Heads without bodies 4.30 Dr. Helen Rufus-Ward, University of Sussex: Casts of Thousands: The Rise and Fall of the Fictile Ivory 4.50 Prof. Robert Crawford, University of St. Andrews and Norman McBeath, Photographer: Body Bags/Simonides 5.10 Discussion (20 mins) |
3.30 Joan Smith, University of Edinburgh: The Analysis of Beauty: Art, Anatomy and the Cast 3.50 Ann Compton, Victoria and Albert Museum: The Italian Factor: Education, Nationalism and Marketplace Rivalries in the Decorative Plaster Trade c.1890-1920 4.10 Dr. George Rawson, Independent Scholar: Charles Heath Wilson (1809-1882) and the Revival of British Decorative Art 4.30 Dr. Joanna Soden, Royal Scottish Academy: tbc 4.50 Prof. Gareth Fisher, University of Dundee: The Liquidity of Plaster in the 21st Century. 5.10 Discussion (20 mins) |
SUNDAY EVENTS
ECA
9.30-10.30 Bronze casting by John Farrugia, Lecturer, ECA
tbc. Meet in ECA main entrance
10.30 – 11am ECA Cast Collection tour with Margaret Stewart
National Gallery of Scotland, The Mound
11.30-12.30 Neoclassical art and architecture,National Gallery of Scotland, Margaret Stewart.
Meet in ECA main entrance.
Calton Hill
Walking tours – times to be confirmed. Meet at National Monument
NGS restaurant, Weston Link
From 12.30 Lunch and farewell
THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND at ECA
Cast Collection on display
‘Deeds of a Cast’ conservation exhibition with the film ‘Conserving the Edinburgh College of Art Cast Collection’
Body Bags/Simonides, Curators: Robert Crawford and Norman McBeath
