{"id":7928,"date":"2019-10-04T10:42:20","date_gmt":"2019-10-04T09:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/?p=7928"},"modified":"2019-10-04T11:16:45","modified_gmt":"2019-10-04T10:16:45","slug":"morris-ghost-for-today-diana-taylor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/morris-ghost-for-today-diana-taylor\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Morris: A Ghost for Today’ – PhD researcher Diana Taylor’s symposium explores the relevance of William Morris in an age of instability"},"content":{"rendered":"

Morris: A Ghost for Today<\/em><\/a>\u00a0symposium<\/strong>
\nWilliam Morris Gallery<\/a>, London E17 4FP<\/strong>
\nSaturday 05 October, 10AM – 1PM<\/strong>
\nFree to attend – register on Eventbrite here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Morris: A Ghost for Today <\/em>is a symposium\u00a0bringing together five contemporary, London-based artists to address the relevance of William Morris and why he matters particularly today, in these times of ecological and political instability.<\/p>\n

This symposium has been organised by Diana Taylor<\/a>, artist and PhD researcher at Sheffield Hallam University, working in collaboration with the William Morris Gallery<\/a>. She lives and works in London and has invited fellow artists to discuss their individual interests in Morris.\u00a0TC McCormack<\/a> is the chair of the event.<\/p>\n

Taylor\u2019s preoccupation with anachronism and temporal constructs is explored through the merging of traditional crafts with mechanical and digital processes. This collapsing of hierarchies is key to Taylor\u2019s research as to why Morris is a valuable \u2018ghost\u2019 for today.<\/p>\n

What can we learn from returning to Morris and his preoccupations with time past, present and future, that may benefit us in an age of technological acceleration?<\/p>\n

Our contemporary times are marked by a preoccupation with how we can define this temporality in which we live. In the unpacking of the contemporary condition, recent critical discourse has placed an emphasis upon the nature of contemporaneity as a-temporal and anachronistic; being out of time<\/em>, rather than with the time<\/em>, as is the actual etymology of the word.<\/p>\n

\"Diana<\/a>

Diana Taylor,\u00a0It Could Be You <\/em>(2019).\u00a0 Screen print on ink-jet print.<\/p><\/div>\n

The artists speaking in this event will present their ideas, many of which are echoed in current and urgent concerns regarding sustainability, labour and deskilling, and notions of temporal shifting.<\/p>\n

These ideas were addressed by Morris himself, in his designs, writing and lectures 150 years ago, under titles such as, \u2018How we Live and how we might live<\/em>\u2019<\/em>, \u2018Signs of Change<\/em>\u2019<\/em>, and \u2018<\/em>A Factory as it Might Be<\/em>\u2019<\/em>; <\/em>questions which resonate with those being asked today.<\/p>\n

The interchanging temporalities within \u2018<\/em>News from Nowhere<\/em>\u2019<\/em> illustrates Morris\u2019s anachronistic character and preoccupation with the past, in the hope for a more sustainable, Utopian future.<\/p>\n

In an age in which the distinctions between temporalities and media are becoming increasingly merged, this is an interesting point from which to re-consider Morris, in how we live and how we might<\/em> live.<\/p>\n

Participating artist speakers: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Benjamin Deakin,\u00a0Clare Mitten,\u00a0Nicholas Pankhurst,\u00a0Eva Sajovic,\u00a0Diana Taylor<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Chair: <\/strong><\/p>\n

TC McCormack<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\n

Diana Taylor<\/a>\u00a0is an artist and PhD researcher at Sheffield Hallam University. Diana’s\u00a0research investigates notions of repetition\u00a0and anachronism\u00a0within\u00a0temporal constructs, through the merging of\u00a0traditional, mechanical and digital technologies.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Morris: A Ghost for Today\u00a0symposium William Morris Gallery, London E17 4FP Saturday 05 October, 10AM – 1PM Free to attend – register on Eventbrite here. Morris: A Ghost for Today is a symposium\u00a0bringing together five contemporary, London-based artists to address the relevance of William Morris and why he matters particularly today, in these times of ecological and political instability. 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