Future Past of Visual Culture Symposium @ the Tate Britain Saturday 15 June 2002 10.00-17.30 The Visual Culture Series explores different aspects of the discipline of visual culture, tracing its history and speculating on its future. The second conference in this series organised by the Department of Visual Culture and Media at Middlesex University and Tate Britain explores relations between theories and practices of film and visual culture. Starting from her influential article "Woman as Sign", Professor Elizabeth Cowie will present a selected history of film and gender theory drawing on extracts as diverse as Vertigo, Morocco, Chocolat, and Milicia Tomic's Portrait of My Mother. This is followed by a discussion chaired by Dan Harries (Middlesex University) between theorist Barry Curtis, film maker Issac Julien, and Professor Elizabeth Cowie. The afternoon session is chaired by Adrian Rifkin (Middlesex University) with discussions by Rob Stone and Lyn Turner from Goldsmiths College and Jon Thompson from Middlesex University. Tickets: £15 (£8 concessions). To book, call Tate Ticketing on 020 7887 8888. Tate Britain, Millbank, London A film programme on 14 June is associated with this event. Admission is free to the screenings. 11:30 - Looking for Langston, The Attendant, Trussed and Vagabondia. (Isaac Julien) 14.30 - Morocco (Josef Von Steinberg, 1930) 90' 16:00 - Jon Thompson's selection of artists' films ------------------------------------- Located in London, the new MA Film and Visual Cultures at Middlesex University is a unique programme for studying the relationships between a range of media including film, TV, video, art, photography, design, architecture, space and the digital. For further details of our programmes: www.vcm.mdx.ac.uk or email Dr Dan Harries at [log in to unmask] ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html