Re-Symposium
‘Re-’ is a prefix and a jumping off point for the past, present and possible futures.
Revisiting, reimagining, reviewing, reconceptualizing, re-envisioning, revising, redefining, rethinking, reconceiving, reexamining...
The Re- Symposium invites you to recontextualize and explore the legacy of empire within curatorial, craft and creative practices. Showcasing the practices of curators, makers and organisations to discuss creative strategies, new approaches to language and working, and possible routes for rethinking our living history.
Full speaker, host and programme to be announced.
The springboard for the event is Historic Environment Scotland’s recent report ‘Surveying and Analysing Connections between Properties in Care and the British Empire, c.1600–1997’. We want to explore ways to re-look at colonial legacies and disrupt ways of seeing, listening, thinking and making.
We imagine the Re- Symposium as a place to come together to converse, be inspired and explore ways to decentre old narratives and embrace intersectional thinking and practice.
Open to makers, artists, curators, heritage and arts workers, academics, community organisers and educators. The event aims to be a relaxed, community space.
The Re- Symposium is a partnership between Craft Scotland and Historic Environment Scotland.
If you have any questions please email programme@craftscotland.org
Accessibility
Full guide and public transport information to the venue to follow.
- All presentations will be BSL interpreted
- The main venue is step-free, has a disabled toilet and hearing loop
- There is disabled parking nearby and a drop-off point at the door of the venue.
Travel bursaries
For attendees who may need, we have a limited amount of travel bursaries within Scotland. Please contact the team at programmes@craftscotland.org.
Lunch and refreshments
Catering will be provided for attendees. Dietary information will be gathered at sign-up, and we will endeavor to provide a variety of options.
Social Event
Following the event, we will host a social event 5.30 - 8pm. Details to follow.
Partners
About Craft Scotland
Craft Scotland is the leading charity for Scottish contemporary craft. In our role as the national development agency, we champion making and craft as integral to Scotland’s cultural, economic and social wellbeing.
We deliver an annual programme of support for makers, curators, craft educators and the wider craft ecology. We create opportunities for people to learn about, participate in, appreciate and buy craft, promoting the contribution of craft to Scotland’s communities.
About Historic Environment Scotland
Historic Environment Scotland are the lead body for Scotland’s historic environment, a charity dedicated to the advancement of heritage, culture, education and environmental protection. It is at the forefront of researching and understanding the historic environment and addressing the impacts of climate change on its future, investigating and recording architectural and archaeological sites and landscapes across Scotland and caring for more than 300 properties of national importance. They are also the lead on delivering Scotland's strategy for the historic environment, Our Past, Our Future.
Location
St Mungo Museum of Religious Art and Life, 2 Castle Street, Glasgow, G4 0RH