Radical Visions: the cultural politics of Camerawork 1972-1985

Photograph: Claire Schwob, from Women exhibition, Half Moon Gallery 1974

A collaborative symposium

Four Corners with History and Theory of Photography Research Centre, Birkbeck

Thursday 28 June 2018, 2.00-6.00pm followed by drinks

Birkbeck, University of London, Bloomsbury
Room to be confirmed
This event accompanies the Radical Visions exhibition at Four Corners Gallery, and the launch of its new digital archive. It will consider Camerawork’s engagement, role and influence with community-practice, feminism and representation, and ask how its broader legacy can be understood within the context of today’s cultural politics.
Speakers include:
Mathilde Bertrand, Université Bordeaux-Montaigne
Patrizia di Bello, Birkbeck, University of London
Steve Edwards, Birkbeck, University of London
David Evans, writer & photo-montage artist
Carla Mitchell, Four Corners
Don Slater, London School of Economics
Amy Tobin, University of Cambridge