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
• Event [8]
  All evening pass
  Venue: Globe at Hay
   
  

  All Evening Pass

  CRUNCH 2011 OPENING PARTY

   

  All evening pass for live and night sessions.

   

  From whisky-soaked sensuality to tribal beats, join us for our explosive opening party.

   

  Festival + Festival Live tickets give access to this event

  SOLD OUT
• Event [9]
  Friday 18 November 2011
  8:30pm
  Venue: The Stage
   
  

  Live Session

  Sion Russell Jones

   

  Having recently supported Newton Faulkner, Cardiff rising star Siôn has also been compared to Paul Simon. He presents imaginative pop-folk songwriting and an intimate mastery of his guitar.

   

  “Beautifully melodic” Wales Online

  SOLD OUT
• Event [11]
  Cabaret Triple Bill
  Venue: The Ring
   
  

  Live Session

  Friday Cabaret Triple Bill

   

  Triple bill cabaret ticket for the evening’s Ring events. Featuring:

   

  • John-Luke Roberts [12]
    
  • The Gentlemen of Leisure [13]
  • Kieron Johnson [15]

   

  See below for details on each act.

  SOLD OUT
• Event [12]
  Friday 18 November 2011
  9:00pm
  Venue: The Ring
   
  

  Live Session

  John-Luke Roberts

   

  The mischievous, award-winning creator of hit BBC sketch show Spats brings a brand-new stand-up set to Crunch.

   

  Fantastically ornate and utterly unexpected.” Guardian

  SOLD OUT
• Event [10]
  Friday 18 November 2011
  9:00pm
  Venue: Globe Hall
   
  

  Live Session

  Patti Plinko and the Maddening

   

  Fronted by the seductive ‘manic chanteuse’ Patti Plinko and consisting of guitar, violin, mandolins, whisky bottles and old vinyl, the Maddening's dark spirit has taken them around Europe and sell-out shows in Edinburgh and London's West End.

   

  "A bourbon-soaked show full of fire and attitude" - Time Out

  SOLD OUT
• Event [14]
  Friday 18 November 2011
  9:30pm
  Venue: The Stage
   
  

  Live Session

  Mara Carlyle

   

  Tipped by the BBC for next year’s Mercury, Mara Carlyle’s unnervingly perfect vocals and lush beguiling orchestration have inspired comparisons to Rufus Wainwright and Björk.  Her recently released album Floreat was seven years in the making and has won widespread acclaim.  Catch her close up while you still can. 

   

  "Destined to become a classic” - Independent on Sunday

   

  "A gorgeous, defiant, hypnotic original” – MOJO

  SOLD OUT
• Event [13]
  Friday 18 November 2011
  9:30pm
  Venue: The Ring
   
  

  Live Session

  The Gentleman of Leisure

   

  Dynamic duo Nish Kumar and Tom Neenan deliver smart. exuberant and frantic sketch comedy that pauses to catch its breath, and then decides to take a cab the rest of the way.

   

  " Intelligent.  Cultured.  Literate. I laughed anyway. " - Emo Phillips

  SOLD OUT
• Event [16]
  Friday 18 November 2011
  10:15pm
  Venue: Globe Hall
   
  

  Live Session

  British Sea Power

   

  Having cemented their status as the “resolutely iconoclastic, supremely melodic… and utterly unique” champions of indie rock’n’roll (Paste), headliners at Port Eliot this summer, British Sea Power bring their illustrious widescreen sound to Crunch.

   

  "British Sea Power are bravely bringing beauty into an increasingly ugly world, whether that world wants it or not.” Independent

   

  Festival + Festival Live tickets and Crunch Opening Party tickets all give access to this event

   

  British Sea Power will now be commencing at 10:15 PM and not 10:30 PM as previously advertised. PLEASE TAKE NOTE OF THIS EARLIER STAGE TIME.

  SOLD OUT
• Event [15]
  Friday 18 November 2011
  10:20pm
  Venue: The Ring
   
  

  Live Session

  Kieron Johnson

   

  Kieron Johnson turns magic into performance art with a unique mixture of the strange, the bizarre and the hardly believable. Watch the impossible and be prepared to be a stunned into silent amazement.

   

  “Mind-blowing” The List

  SOLD OUT
• Event [17]
  Friday 18 November 2011
  11:30pm
  Venue: Lower Gallery
   
  

  Night Session

  Bobby Gandolf & DJ Scratchy

   

  11.30pm - Bobby Gandolf

   

  London dancefloor sensation Bobby Gandolf blends tribal drums with tunes that will make you want to party till dawn.

   

  "Whips the crowd into an insatiable frenzy" Huffington Post

   

  12.30am - DJ Scratchy

   

  Once DJ to The Clash, Scratchy has his finger on the world’s dance pulse. He brings together a “righteous mix-up” (MOJO) of the greatest music from across the planet.

   

  “Burning and danceable spirit”  All Music

  SOLD OUT

Saturday 19th November

• Event [19]
  Saturday 19 November 2011
  10:00am
  Venue: Art Salon
   
  

  Talk Session

  Art Breakfast

   

  With ArtBelow

  
  

  Get a shot of inspiration with your espresso. Join ArtBelow's creative director 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.

  SOLD OUT
• Event [20]
  Saturday 19 November 2011
  11:00am
  Venue: Globe Hall
   
  

  Talk Session

  Imagination, Inc.

   

  Philip Dodd, Julian Spalding, Dai Smith, Cedar Lewisohn. Razia Iqbal chairs.

  
  

  Power and money play a key role in the arts.  But can innovation take place within these walls? Does public patronage awaken or stifle the imagination?  And would starving the arts of money mutilate national culture or just possibly make them stronger?

   

  Night Waves host and former ICA director Philip Dodd, radical critic Julian Spalding, Arts Council Wales chair Dai Smith, and Tate Modern curator Cedar Lewisohn debate the politics of imagination.

  SOLD OUT
• 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 [25]
  Saturday 19 November 2011
  12:30pm
  Venue: The Hall
   
  

  Talk Session

  Nicolas Roeg

   

  In conversation with Josie Rourke
  

  
  

  From his early involvement in Lawrence of Arabia, to directing  Performance and The Man who Fell to Earth, Nicholas Roeg became known for  films that evaded traditional narrative and which have had a lasting impact on cinema.  Roeg  makes the case for a cinema defined by  risks, accidents and misadventures.

   

  “My principal inspiration’  Danny Boyle

   

  "Legendary" Guardian

   

   

  SOLD OUT
• Event [24]
  Saturday 19 November 2011
  12:30pm
  Venue: The Ring
   
  

  Talk Session

  Making Art, Making Me

   

  Joanna Kavenna, Bob & Roberta Smith, Brian Dillon. Felicity Evans Chairs.

   

  From Tracey Emin to Philip Roth, there is no shortage of autobiographical art. But is art the means we use to create autobiography?  Is it through creativity that we create ourselves? 

   

  Artist 'Bob and Roberta Smith', award winning novelist Joanna Kavenna and philosopher and Cabinet editor Brian Dillon go in search of how they are who they are.

  SOLD OUT
• Event [27]
  Saturday 19 November 2011
  1:00pm
  Venue: Lower Gallery
   
  

  Talk Session

  Crunch Lunch: Viva la revolucion!

   

  Eleanor Lindsay Fynn, Godfrey Barker
  

  
  

  Does the establishment have too much control over the art world? Led by artist Eleanor Lindsay Fynn, and critic Godfrey Barker, the Crunch lunch is a chance to have your say on this morning’s opening debate, Imagination, Inc.

   

  Price includes lunch

  SOLD OUT
• Event [28]
  Saturday 19 November 2011
  1:30pm
  Venue: The Ring
   
  

  Talk Session

  I Think Therefore Iamb

   

  Rachael Boast, Jamie McKendrick, Harry Eyres. Hilary Lawson chairs.

  
  

  Eliot read verse to escape from the self, and Cocteau likened writing poetry to untying the Gordian knot. Is poetry a means to explore the true nature of the universe, a release from the emotional hinterlands of real life, or merely a linguistic adornment?  Is poetry a form of reason or an escape from its shackles?

   

  Philosopher Hilary Lawson challenges three award winning poets, Rachael Boast, Jamie McKendrick, and FT columnist Harry Ayres to examine poetry’s power to awaken us to the nature of the universe.

  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 [33]
  Saturday 19 November 2011
  2:30pm
  Venue: Art Salon
   
  

  Talk Session

  The Killing Fields

   

  Benjamin Dix
  

  
  

  Photojournalist Benjamin Dix was a liaison between the UN and the Tamil Tigers in the Sri Lankan civil war and one of the last international witnesses to leave. Hear his story.

  SOLD OUT
• Event [34]
  Saturday 19 November 2011
  3:30pm
  Venue: The Ring
   
  

  Talk Session

  Swimming and Flying

   

  Mark Haddon

  
  

  Award-winning novelist and playwright Mark Haddon reveals what his fears of flying and wild-swimming can tell us about the conflict between poetic and rational thought, the power of silence, and the nature of art.

   

  "Remarkable… Impressive… Rewarding" Time Out

  SOLD OUT
• Event [35]
  Saturday 19 November 2011
  3:30pm
  Venue: Art Salon
   
  

  Talk Session

  Dangerous Images

   

  Adrian Arbib

  
  

  The government doesn't think you should see Adrian Arbib's photography. Discover the place where art, journalism and direct action come into conflict with the law in a rare public appearance from this controversial  photographer.

   

  "Inspiring" Guardian

   

  In Association with Hereford Photography Festival

  SOLD OUT
• Event [38]
  Saturday 19 November 2011
  4:00pm
  Venue: Lower Gallery
   
  

  Talk Session

  Boo Ritson in Conversation

   

  Former Evening Standard critic Nick Hackworth converses with Boo Ritson, whose work merges painting, sculpture, performance and photography. Ritson’s work can be seen in Poppy Sebire Gallery’s space in the Art Pavilion.

  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 [40]
  Saturday 19 November 2011
  5:00pm
  Venue: Lower Gallery
   
  

  Talk Session

  Platform

   

  Challenge the art world at the Platform, a dedicated space for you to have your say. Each slot is 10 minutes, with 5 for talk and 5 for questions. Email crunchplatform@artandideas.org with the subject line "Platform" to get your slot confirmed in advance.

  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 [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 [43]
  Saturday 19 November 2011
  6:00pm
  Venue: Lower Gallery
   
  

  Talk Session

  Taken As Read

   

  Jane Wheatley

  
  

  Times critic and feature writer Jane Wheatley discusses the rise of the book club as an antidote to our atomised age and reveals some of the hidden marvels of contemporary literature.

  SOLD OUT
• Event [45]
  Saturday 19 November 2011
  7:00pm
  Venue: The Ring
   
  

  Talk Session

  Such Stuff As Dreams Are Made On

   

  Adrian Noble

   

  Former Royal Shakespeare Company artistic director Adrian Noble investigates whether the mystery and magic of Shakespeare's last plays survive in a rational age.

   

  “Stunning… Beguiling” The Stage

  SOLD OUT
• Event [46]
  Saturday 19 November 2011
  7:00pm
  Venue: Lower Gallery
   
  

  Talk Session

  Crash Landings and Leaps of Faith

   

  Tom Dale

   

  Artist Tom Dale will discuss what compels us to make great gestures even in the face of inevitable disaster. Like his recent sculptures of distorted stunt ramps he will use the role of the stuntman to consider these ideological and existential questions. He will be in discussion with Art Critic and Writer Gabriel Coxhead, who recently curated 'No New Thing Under the Sun' at the Royal Academy and is a regular contributor to Time Out and the Financial Times.

  SOLD OUT
• Event [48]
  All evening pass
  Venue: The Globe at Hay
   
  

  All Evening Pass

  SATURDAY SHINDIG - all evening pass

   

  All evening pass for live and night sessions.

   

  A wild, magical cabaret night of comedy, performance, and the most danceable and exciting music around…

  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
• Event [49]
  Saturday 19 November 2011
  7:30pm
  Venue: The Stage
   
  

  Live Session

  Chris T-T

   

  Expect heartbreaking stories, political rants and witty social commentary delivered in soaring folk anthems from "modern-day Blake" Chris T-T (Sunday Times).

   

  “The joy of Flaming Lips and the humanity of Ray Davies” – Time Out London

  SOLD OUT
• Event [44]
  Saturday 19 November 2011
  7:30pm
  Venue: Art Salon
   
  

  Talk Session

  Ben Moore: X-Rated

   

  ArtBelow founder and filmmaker Ben Moore has been to the throbbing heart of the American sex industry and is back to tell the tale.

   

  "Serious… Engaging" Evening Standard

  SOLD OUT
• Event [50]
  Comedy Cabaret Triple Bill
  Venue: The Ring
   
  

  Live Session: Comedy

  Comedy Cabaret Triple Bill

   

  Triple bill cabaret ticket for the evening’s Ring events.

   

  • Iszi Lawrence [51]
    
  • Salena Godden [54]
    
  • Max & Ivàn are... Holmes and Watson [55]

   

  See below for full details on each act.

  SOLD OUT
• Event [51]
  Saturday 19 November 2011
  8:15pm
  Venue: The Ring
   
  

  Live Session: Comedy

  Iszi Lawrence

   

  Quirky, clever, sceptical stand-up from Time Out Recommended Iszi Lawrence served up with confidence, charm and a crackling energy that has evoked comparisons to Josie Long and Stewart Lee.

   

  “One more square kick in the b*llocks to the ‘women aren’t funny’ brigade” Snipe 

  SOLD OUT
• Event [52]
  Saturday 19 November 2011
  8:30pm
  Venue: Globe Hall
   
  

  Live Session

  Beaty Heart

   

  Drum-synth collective Beaty Heart deliver afro-inspired party pop to set hearts and minds on fire, earning comparisons to Animal Collective and Vampire Weekend.

   

  "Heady, joyous stuff" Guardian

  SOLD OUT
• Event [53]
  Saturday 19 November 2011
  8:45pm
  Venue: The Stage
   
  

  Live Session

  yoB

   

  Last seen with the electrifying Man Like Me, Dan Hayes returns to the globe with a new ensemble, promising stomping, sing-a-longs, and melancholy teetering into joy in stories about the pitfalls of modern life.
  
  

   “Billy Bragg meets Jarvis Cocker” Spider Stacy (The Pogues)

  SOLD OUT
• Event [54]
  Saturday 19 November 2011
  9:00pm
  Venue: The Ring
   
  

  Live Session: Comedy

  Salena Godden

   

  Bursting with wit and passion, the “doyenne of the spoken word scene” (BBC) descends upon Hay once again to present a new selection of poems and songs scrambled together from her colourful imagination.

   

  “Like most artists of note, there’s no one like her” Lemm Sissay

  SOLD OUT
• Event [55]
  Saturday 19 November 2011
  9:45pm
  Venue: The Ring
   
  

  Live Session: Comedy

  Max & Ivan are... Holmes and Watson

   

  Fresh from a sell-out Edinburgh run, sketch-comedy heroes Max and Ivàn transplant Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson to '20s Chicago for the dynamic duo's final thrilling escapade. Expect revenge, whiskey and javelins. 

   

  "Monsters of sketch comedy" Spoonfed

  SOLD OUT
• Event [56]
  Saturday 19 November 2011
  10:00pm
  Venue: The Stage
   
  

  Live Session

  Franz Nicolay

   

  Hot foot from New York, former creative force behind legendary Brooklyn band The Hold Steady, Franz Nicolay has been compared to Nick Cave and The Pogues.   He delivers a collision of old-school vaudeville and new world rock that bursts with lyricism, energy and warmth.

   

   “The not-so-secret weapon of the greatest rock’n’roll band in the world” Pitchfork

  SOLD OUT
• Event [57]
  Saturday 19 November 2011
  10:30pm
  Venue: Globe Hall
   
  

  Live Session

  Polinski

   

  Fresh from collaborating with The Cure’s Robert Smith, 65daysofstatic’s Paul Wolinski flies solo. Old beats meet new beats in a heady electronic dance odyssey that’s out-of-this-world.

   

  “Inexorable sonic passion… stunning” Drowned in Sound

  SOLD OUT
• Event [58]
  Saturday 19 November 2011
  11:30pm
  Venue: Lower Gallery
   
  

  Night Session

  Client (DJ Set) and Crack presents... Pardon My French

   

  11:30pm - Client

  
  

  Kate Holmes, of electro legends Client, joins us for a very special DJ set. From airline hostess to fetish fashion, no-one does sexy, sultry electro-pop like this girl. “Standout” Mail on Sunday

   

  12.30am Crack presents... Pardon My French

  
  

  The floor-filling mixes of wildly brilliant Bristol dance outfit Pardon My French have seen them storm Glastonbury, Annie Mac and The Big Chill.

   

   

  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 [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 [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 [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 [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 [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 [71]
  Sunday 20 November 2011
  1:30pm
  Venue: Lower Gallery
   
  

  Talk Session

  Platform

   

  Challenge the art world at the Platform, a dedicated space for you to have your say. Slots are allocated in advance. Each slot is 10 minutes, with 5 for talk and 5 for questions. Email Emily at crunchplatform@artandideas.org to get your slot confirmed in advance.

  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
• Event [82]
  Sunday 20 November 2011
  5:30pm
  Venue: Globe Hall
   
  

  Live Session

  Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo

   

  Australian singer songwriter Emily Barker and The Red Clay Halo trio won a slew of awards including a BAFTA for their theme song Nostalgia in the BBC series Wallander.

   

  With a new album out earlier this year they have enraptured audiences at Glastonbury and Green Man with their rootsy gypsy folk and magical four part harmony vocals.  Join them for an uplifiting Sunday set to send you home in a euphoric mood.

   

  “Vocal’s that soar and arrangements that shine” BBC

  SOLD OUT