3 Lecture-Seminars by Dr. Wolfgang Zumdick
International Visiting Research Fellow in Social Sculpture at Oxford Brookes University

Tue 21 October 2008 to Tue 4 November 2008

Taking Place: At Oxford Brookes University – Gipsy Lane Campus

On Tuesday evenings 5.30 – 8 pm
21 October, 4 November, 18 November

Hosted by the Social Sculpture Research Unit and the Institute for Historical and Cultural Research at Oxford Brookes University

Dr. Wolfgang Zumdick is a philosopher, writer on contemporary arts and curator, based in Germany, whose work explores the philosophical underpinnings of the social sculpture ideas in their historical perspective and their relevance for contemporary life.

He has lectured widely both as a guest lecturer at the University of Basel and as a keynote speaker to numerous national and international Beuys symposia; authored five monographs and written catalogue essays for museums and galleries including Portikus Frankfurt, Zürich Kunsthaus, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Sevilla, Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Vigo and the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. He is actively engaged in the work of the Social Sculpture Research Unit and is currently International Visiting Research Fellow at Oxford Brookes University

Schedule of Lecture-seminars:

Lecture-Seminar 1

From Paradise …

Life-changing energies in poiesis and imagination

Tuesday October 21
5.30 - 8 pm (Buckley Building, Gipsey Lane Campus BG01)

Lecture-Seminar 2

… To Social Sculpture

Joseph Beuys: Evolution. An artistic perspective on the development of mind and earth 

Tuesday November 4
5.30 - 8 pm (Buckley Building, Gipsey Lane Campus BG01)

Lecture-Seminar 3

And Beyond

Everybody is an artist: Transforming society by developing individual potential

Tuesday November 18
5.30 - 8 pm (Sinclair Building, Gipsey Lane Campus SG01)

Type of Event: Art | Institute for Historical and Cultural Research |

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