Friday 18th November

• Event [1]
  Friday 18 November 2011
  5:00pm
  Venue: The Ring
   
  

  Live Session: HotDocs

  Drilling For Art

   

  Can money awaken culture? This acclaimed documentary traces Dubai’s wildly ambitious plans to create a culture from scratch.

  SOLD OUT
• Event [3]
  Friday 18 November 2011
  6:00pm
  Venue: Art Salon
   
  

  Live Session

  Art Pavilion Opening Party

   

  Join the artists and gallery directors of the Crunch2011 Art Pavilion exhibition and fair for a champagne reception celebrating some of the finest work the UK’s visual arts scene has to offer.

   

  We have limited places for this event.  If you would like to be added to the guest list please email emily.baker@artandideas.org with the subject "Art Pavilion Opening Party"
  

  FREE BUT TICKETED

  
  
• Event [6]
  Friday 18 November 2011
  7:30pm
  Venue: Globe Hall
   
  

  Talk Session

  Awake in the Universe

   

  Susan Hiller, Bracha Ettinger, Julian Stallabrass. Philip Dodd chairs.

  
  

  Our 2011 opening debate addresses the festival's theme, 'Awake In The Universe' head on.  What gives art the ability to raise us from emotional and intellectual slumbers and where is its edge currently to be found?

   

  Controversial art historian Julian Stallabrass, artist Susan Hiller fresh from her retrospective at the Tate earlier this year, and postmodern painter and psychoanalyst Bracha Ettinger debate how art and creativity make us alive.

  SOLD OUT

Saturday 19th November

• Event [21]
  Saturday 19 November 2011
  11:30am
  Venue: The Ring
   
  

  Talk Session

  Becoming Human

   

  Bracha Ettinger in conversation with Griselda Pollock

  
  

  Can art change who you are? Psychoanalyst, painter and philosopher Bracha Ettinger reveals the intricate connections between her critical theory and creative practice to art historian Griselda Pollock.

   

  “Captivating” Judith Butler

  SOLD OUT
• Event [23]
  Saturday 19 November 2011
  12:00pm
  Venue: Art Salon
   
  

  Talk Session

  Banksy and the Media Barons

   

  Julian Stallabrass

  
  

  Courtauld scholar and photographer Julian Stallabrass charts the rise of a new generation of media-savvy pop artists deeply hostile to the art world and beloved by the mega-rich who collect them.

   

  “a swinging, elegant… delightful assault” Independent

  SOLD OUT
• Event [29]
  Saturday 19 November 2011
  1:30pm
  Venue: Art Salon
   
  

  Talk Session

  The Daily Practice of Curating

   

  Hans Ulrich Obrist

  
  

  SOLD OUT
• Event [32]
  Saturday 19 November 2011
  2:30pm
  Venue: Globe Hall
   
  

  Talk Session

  The Naked Truth

   

  Martin Kemp, Griselda Pollock, Hans Maes. Cedar Lewisohn chairs.

  
  Voyeuristic art has aroused lust, fascination and contempt in equal measure. Do artists make us more aware of our physical being-in-the-world? Or is nudity in art a sales tactic?

  
  Leading Da Vinci scholar Martin Kemp, eminent cultural theorist Griselda Pollock, and philosopher of art Hans Maes seek the naked truth.

  SOLD OUT
• Event [39]
  Saturday 19 November 2011
  4:30pm
  Venue: Art Salon
   
  

  Talk Session

  The Dragon's Heart

   

  Dai Smith & John McGrath
  

  
  

  From the Gorsedd of Bards to the National Eisteddfod, Wales has a  history of grass roots participation. Arts Council Wales Chair Dai Smith and Director of National Theatre Wales John McGrath ask whether the rest of the UK can learn from this paradigm.

  SOLD OUT
• Event [42]
  Saturday 19 November 2011
  5:30pm
  Venue: The Ring
   
  

  Talk Session

  American Surreal

   

  Susan Hiller talks to Hans Ulrich Obrist

   

  Having abandoned anthropology to pursue the art of the fantastic, Susan Hiller looks back on the philosophy that has driven her forty-year career at the forefront of contemporary art with the Serpentine’s Hans Ulrich Obrist. Includes a screening of the Last Silent Movie.

  
  

  "A hugely influential figure" Nick Serota

   

   

  SOLD OUT
• Event [41]
  Saturday 19 November 2011
  5:30pm
  Venue: Globe Hall
   
  

  Talk Session

  Maps of Mystery

   

  Semir Zeki, Adrian Noble, Hilary Lawson. Felicity Evans chairs.

   

  Many have claimed art to be an exploration of the ineffable. Does art help us catch sight of the mystery of being alive, or do we mystify existence at our peril? 

   

  Founder of neuroesthetics Semir Zeki, renowned theatre director Adrian Noble and post-postmodern philosopher Hilary Lawson look into the unknown.

   

  SOLD OUT
• Event [47]
  Saturday 19 November 2011
  7:30pm
  Venue: Art Salon
   
  

  Talk Session

  Pollock on Pollock Squared

   

  Sylvia and Francesca Pollock.

  
  

  Sylvia and Francesca Pollock take us back to the origins of Charles & Jackson Pollock’s interest in art and politics, and the events that would lead to a cultural revolution.

  
  ‘Utterly remarkable’ Raritan

  SOLD OUT

Sunday 20th November

• Event [60]
  Sunday 20 November 2011
  10:00am
  Venue: Art Salon
   
  

  Talk Session

  Art Breakfast

   

  With Art Below

   

  Get a shot of inspiration with your espresso. Join the filmmaker Ben Moore for a high-impact early morning session designed to offer stimulation for those keen to get the most out of the day ahead and reflect on the talks and debates to come.

   

  Price includes breakfast, coffee and croissants.

  SOLD OUT
• Event [61]
  Sunday 20 November 2011
  11:00am
  Venue: Globe Hall
   
  

  Talk Session

  Dancing With the Devil

   

  Raymond Tallis, Jake Chapman, Matthew Stone. Hilary Lawson chairs.

  
  

  Writers and artists have often treated the ethics of their time with contempt. But do they also introduce us to a new moral imagination?  Is it the responsibility of art to encourage an ethical framework, or is morality a form of convention that threatens creativity?

   

  Philosopher and physician Raymond Tallis, and artists Jake Chapman and Matthew Stone debate the value of darkness.

  SOLD OUT
• Event [62]
  Sunday 20 November 2011
  11:30am
  Venue: The Ring
   
  

  Talk Session

  Lust, Love and the Late Madame Picasso

   

  Godfrey Barker

   

  Did love and lust awaken something new in the late works of Picasso? Critic and broadcaster Godfrey Barker tells the mysterious, true tale of a seduction, a suicide, and a courtcase from beyond the grave

  SOLD OUT
• Event [64]
  Sunday 20 November 2011
  12:00pm
  Venue: Art Salon
   
  

  Talk Session

  Yes, It Really Is Beautiful!

   

  Guy Dammann

  
  

  Do we need to pretend that postmodernity never happened? Guardian and TLS music critic Guy Dammann argues that we must trick ourselves into believing in the objective truth of our tastes in order to be awakened by art’s power.

  SOLD OUT
• Event [65]
  Sunday 20 November 2011
  12:30pm
  Venue: Globe Hall
   
  

  Talk Session

  How to Change the World

   

  Martin Kemp, Stephen Frears, Joanna Kavenna. Razia Iqbal chairs.

  
  

  From Goya to Guernica, art's power to carry political punch is clear. But can and should art be primarily engaged in political change?  Is great art necessarily too complex to be reduced to propaganda?

   

  Author of From Christ to Coke, Martin Kemp, novelist Joanna Kavenna and British film director Stephen Frears question art’s power.

  
  

   

   

   

  SOLD OUT
• Event [66]
  Sunday 20 November 2011
  12:30pm
  Venue: The Ring
   
  

  Talk Session

  The Limits of Art

   

  Raymond Tallis & Julian Spalding.

   

  They met at Crunch 2010. Now physician, novelist and poet Raymond Tallis and controversial critic Julian Spalding are ready to unveil their new, radical and utterly compelling theory of art, the limits of artistic freedom, and the dangers of the status quo. Are formal constraints stultifying or liberating? Has the contemporary art world lost sight of necessary limits to artistic practice?

   

  “Illuminating” Guardian

  SOLD OUT
• Event [67]
  Sunday 20 November 2011
  1:00pm
  Venue: Lower Gallery
   
  

  Talk Session

  Crunch Lunch: Dining With The Devil

   

  Matthew Stone & Eleanor Lindsay Fynn

   

  Artists Matthew Stone and Eleanor Lindsay Fynn lead a forum discussion on the issues raised by the morning’s debate on art and ethics, Dancing with the Devil.

  SOLD OUT
• Event [70]
  Sunday 20 November 2011
  1:30pm
  Venue: Lower Gallery
   
  

  Talk Session

  New British Art Double-Bill

   

  Gallerist Will Lunn talks to artist Darren Harvey-Regan who blurs the division between photography and sculpture, followed by a screening of David Rickard’s Venice Biennale exhibited film of the performance Exhaust and a discussion with the artist.

  SOLD OUT
• Event [69]
  Sunday 20 November 2011
  1:30pm
  Venue: The Ring
   
  

  Talk Session

  Inside The Mind's Eye

   

  Semir Zeki, Bryan Appleyard, Elisabeth Schellekens. Hilary Lawson chairs.

  
  

  Neuroscientists claim they can pinpoint the brain's creative centres. But can art and creativity be reduced to brain function?  And if artistic wakefulness is simply an extension of biology, what does this mean for our understanding of free will, truth and imagination?

   

  Founder of Neuroesthetics  Semir Zeki, philosopher of art Elisabeth Schellekens, and award-winning feature writer Bryan Appleyard investigate the limits of art and science.

  SOLD OUT
• Event [73]
  Sunday 20 November 2011
  2:30pm
  Venue: Globe Hall
   
  

  Talk Session

  Unpleasure

   

  Jake Chapman in conversation with Nick Hackworth

  
  

  As one half of the most consistently provocative pairing in contemporary British art, Jake Chapman is no stranger to controversy. In conversation with Paradise Row founder Nick Hackworth, Chapman reveals the inspirations behind such seminal works as Insult to Injury and Death, and the nuances of his darkly comic, pessimistic philosophy.

  SOLD OUT
• Event [72]
  Sunday 20 November 2011
  2:30pm
  Venue: Lower Gallery
   
  

  Talk Session

  I Should Be In Charge

   

  Bob and Roberta Smith.

  
  

  John Rogers’ documentary charts the rise of polemical artist Bob & Roberta Smith as they fight the power. 

  Can art save democracy? What are the limits of art’s political power?

   

  ‘Nuanced…and provocative’ Sight and Sound

   

  With a post-show discussion with the star.

  SOLD OUT
• Event [75]
  Sunday 20 November 2011
  2:30pm
  Venue: Art Salon
   
  

  Talk Session

  Abstract Graffiti

   

  Tate curator and artist Cedar Lewisohn provides a vibrant account of the outer limits of street art and graffiti that are being explored by artists in cities as diverse as London, Prague, Philadelphia and São Paulo.

   

  “Refreshing” The Rad Dad Collective

  SOLD OUT
• Event [78]
  Sunday 20 November 2011
  3:30pm
  Venue: Art Salon
   
  

  Talk Session

  Taking Over The Gallery

   

  Eleanor Lindsay Fynn

  
  

  Do white cubes stifle the imagination? Photographer Eleanor Lindsay Fynn unveils a manifesto for reinventing gallery space to overcome the challenges of contemporary visual culture.

  SOLD OUT
• Event [77]
  Sunday 20 November 2011
  3:30pm
  Venue: The Ring
   
  

  Talk Session

  From Christ to Coke

   

  Martin Kemp

  
  

  What unites Che Guevara, Einstein’s brain, the Mona Lisa, and the double-helix of DNA? Oxford scholar Martin Kemp dissects the iconic images that have given rise to the modern world.

   

  “Distinguished” Prospect

  SOLD OUT
• Event [80]
  Sunday 20 November 2011
  4:00pm
  Venue: Globe Hall
   
  

  Talk Session

  New Awakenings

   

  Josie Rourke, Susan Hiller, Mark Haddon. John Tusa chairs.
  

   

  In the search for artistic insight, what touchstones do creators of all kinds share? Is imagination more important than knowledge, and what are the most effective tools for awakening creativity?

   

  Bestselling novelist and playwright Mark Haddon, Susan Hiller 'one of the most influential artists of her generation’ (Tate), and future artistic director of the Donmar Warehouse, Josie Rourke, discuss the rituals and processes that guide their working lives.

  SOLD OUT