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American Topographics Conference (Goldsmith’s University)
June 10, 2016
AMERICAN TOPOGRAPHICS
Photography and the American Landscape Conference
June 10, 2016, Goldsmith’s University
Details about registration can be found at: https://americantopographics.wordpress.com/registration/
Programme
9.00-9.30: Registration and coffee
9.30-10.45: AMERICAN AESTHETICS
Chair: Christopher Lloyd
Nicolas Brinded (Goldsmiths) – ‘Utopian Dreaming and the Sublime Aesthetic in Joel Sternfeld’s Sweet Earth and Terrence Malick’s Badlands’
Nicoló Giudice (University of Bedfordshire) – ‘Paul Graham’s American Night and the Politics of Exposure’
10.45-11.00: Coffee
11.00-12.15: TAKING IT TO THE STREETS
Chair: Nicholas Brinded
Sarah Garland (University of East Anglia) – ‘Ed Ruscha’s Thirtyfour Parking Lots in Los Angeles’
Stephanie Schwartz (UCL) – ‘Driving By Shooting: On Martha Rosler’s Secrets from the Street: No Disclosure’
12.15-1.15: Lunch
1.15-2.30: LANDSCAPES OF WAR
Chair: Christopher Clark
John Beck (University of Westminster) – ‘Far West/Middle East: The Wormholes of War Photography’
Christopher Lloyd (University of Hertfordshire) – ‘Remembering Antietam: Sally Mann and Matthew Brady’s Civil War Landscape Photography’
2.30-2.45: Tea
2.45-4.00: IMAGING DISASTER
Chair: Sarah Garland
Caroline Blinder (Goldsmiths) – ‘Some Thoughts on Walker Evans’ Belongings of a Flood Refugee, Forrest City, Arkansas, Feb. 1937’
Christopher Clark (Loughborough University) – ‘Re-Imagining the American Landscape: Jonathan Hyman’s Beyond Ground Zero’
4.00-5.15: AMERICAN CARTOGRAPHIES
Chair: Caroline Blinder
Mick Gidley (University of Leeds) – TBC
Martin Padget (Aberystwyth University) – ‘Ruins Ancient and Modern: Paul Strand’s Photography of the Southwest’
5.30: Wine/dinner