IN COLLABORATION with SCHOOL OF THE ARTS & INSTITUTE FOR RELIGION, CULTURE, AND PUBLIC LIFE

BAMPTON LECTURE SERIES, LIAM GILLICK

CREATIVE DISRUPTIONS IN THE AGE OF SOFT REVOLUTIONS

Selected as the 38th Bampton Series speaker, artist and Visual Arts Professor Liam Gillick, presents a series of four lectures examines a particular genealogy of the modern period that offers a revised understanding of the origins of contemporary art and its analysis. 

1820 ERASMUS AND UPHEAVAL
TUES, FEB 26, 7 PM, MILLER THEATRE 

The first lecture begins in 1820 and addresses the immediate aftermath of the French and American revolutions, which leads to new models of work, life and social organization.

1948  SKINNER AND COUNTER REVOLUTION
THURS, FEB 28, 7 PM, MILLER THEATRE 

1948 is the starting point for the second lecture. Examining conspiracy, behavioralism, post-war restructuring and the delusions around applied modernism it will reveal the various counter measures, both intentional and structural, that shaped the post-war sense of self.

1963 HERMAN KAHN AND PROJECTION
TUES, MAR 5, 7 PM, MILLER THEATRE

For the third Bampton lecture, 1963 is the pivot for a consideration of projection – both social and political. The rise of insurgency and the consolidation of the scenario as a tool of political and financial control is combined with new models of the presented self within developing sub-cultures.

1974 VOLVO AND THE MISE-EN-SCENE
THURS, MAR 7, 7 PM, MILLER THEATRE

The final Bampton lecture is rooted in 1974 and beyond looks at the mise-en-scène as a model for social and cultural organization. Continued shifts in technology and the rise of Neo-Liberalism are countered by the rise of new identifications and subjectivities.