A one-day symposium will be held in London on Sunday 24 July 2016 and will be examining the economic forces behind the decimation of artist and community spaces in the East End.
Organised by the University of Kent’s School of Music and Fine Art, with a particular focus on money, capital and value, this symposium will examine the political, economic and psychological fictions that lie behind the destruction of artist and community spaces.
Titled Fictitious Capital, which was a term defined by Karl Marx, the symposium will have a range of speakers including University of Kent’s writer and video artist, Dr Andrew Conio; Dave Beech, artist, writer and Professor of Art at Valad Academy in Gothenburg; Anca Carrington, economist and psychoanalyst; and Dr Emily Rosamond, Canadian artist, writer and educator.
The event is being held from 1-5pm at London based No.W.Here Arts Ltd and more information and tickets are available.