There are a lot of speakers involved including academics, practitioners and artists and the conference is about;
'This is a transdisciplinary conference that will explore representations in contemporary visual culture of boundary crossing, liminality and queerification with specific reference to occultism, mysticism, shamanism and other esoteric and spiritual practices.'
Part of the conference is a curated show and we now have the finalised selection of art works for it which include!
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| The Divels Privihouse (talking shit) (the metaphysics of shit) (2015) |
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| Excarnation (2015) |
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| The Passing (the metaphysics of shit) (2015) |
Referring to Jean Fischer’s 2002 essay ‘Towards a Metaphysics of Shit’ this series of paintings examine ideas of the trickster not only as a potent symbol of the liminal state but also as a method for realising its re-creative potential. Using historic images as a starting point particularly images from European wood block print imagery portraying themes of defecation, time and de-individuation these images are re-presented as paintings. This process of translating the image from one media to another is an absurd act in itself, mocking both systems of representation known as painting and print.
Generally Alexander’s work occupies the space between ideas of the Dionysian and the Absurd, moving from one to the other exploring themes of futility, pointlessness, hopelessness, nuisance, de individuation, death, rebirth and the irrational.
