Trans, Goldsmiths, University of London

Exhibition & Symposium

Laura Cuch

Trans

Trans is a series of photographic portraits that explore how organ transplants can affect the identity of the recipients.

Trans is the third part of a trilogy following Sleepless (about people who sleep very little) and No Ma (about women who know for various reasons that they will never be mothers). This trilogy aims to question what it is to be human, by exploring issues of identity in relation to health and disease, ‘lack’ as a corporeal condition and the imaginary around the body and its control.

Exhibition
19th October ~ 19th November 2011

Mon-Sat 8am-9pm, Sun 8am-5pm

New Academic Building, Lower Ground,

Goldsmiths, University of London

New Cross, London

SE14 6NW, UK

Campus map

Opening & Discussion

Wednesday 19 October 2011, 6pm

with Laura Cuch & Chris Wright.

New Academic Building, LG01, Goldsmiths.

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Organised by
Laura Cuch & Chris Wright to coincide with Trans

Negotiating Subjectivities
A One-Day Symposium Exploring Photography, Health & The Body

Saturday 5th November 2011 10:00am ~ 6:30pm New Academic Building, LG01, Goldsmiths.

Admission Free.

Negotiating Subjectivities is a one-day symposium held at Goldsmiths and will include three consecutive panels where photographers, sociologists and anthropologists will discuss visual and social scientific work, which address notions of the body - particularly in relation to health, phototherapy, medical practice, imaging technology, personal narratives of disease as well as notions of subjectivity and embodiment.

Symposium Program

Panel 1
Photography, Subjectivity and Illness
This panel will explore the various ways in which photography has been used to approach disease. How, for example, photography has been deployed as a research instrument or as a therapeutic medium and in doing so how it has challenged notions of individual subjectivity.

Chair: Sophie Day (Anthropology, Goldsmiths)
Speakers: Carlos Canal (Medical Practitioner & Photographer, Malaga), Julie Roberts (Warwick Medical School) , Jen Tarr (Sociology, LSE).

Panel 2
Portraits and Life Stories
This panel addresses the opportunities and issues that arise at the interplay between the methodologies of social research, biographical storytelling and portrait photography.

Chair: Vic Seidler
Speakers: Carole Reeves (Centre for the History of Medicine, UCL), Rebecca Coleman (Sociology, Lancaster University), Katharina Mouratidi (Photographer, Berlin).

Panel 3
Theorizing Photography and The Body
This panel engages with intersections and emerging developments between contemporary photography and social theory, especially those concerning subjectivity and the body.

Chair: Andrew Irving (Anthropology, University of Manchester)
Speakers: Lisa Blackman (Media & Communications, Goldsmiths), Bronwyn Parry (Geography, Queen Mary’s) & Zed Nelson (Photographer, London).

Closing Remarks
Andrew Irving & Laura Cuch

		Laura Cuch Trans Trans is a series of photographic portraits that explore how organ transplants can affect the identity of the recipients. Trans is the third part of a trilogy following Sleepless (about people who sleep very little) and No Ma (about women who know for various reasons that they will never be mothers). This trilogy aims to question what it is to be human, by exploring issues of identity in relation to health and disease, ‘lack’ as a corporeal condition and the imaginary around the body and its control.
Exhibition 19th October ~ 19th November 2011 Mon-Sat 8am-9pm, Sun 8am-5pm New Academic Building, Lower Ground, Goldsmiths, University of London New Cross, London SE14 6NW, UK Campus map		Opening & Discussion Wednesday 19 October 2011, 6pm with Laura Cuch & Chris Wright. New Academic Building, LG01, Goldsmiths. www.lauracuch.com \| staff profile follow @trans_show

Organised by Laura Cuch & Chris Wright to coincide with Trans
Negotiating Subjectivities A One-Day Symposium Exploring Photography, Health & The Body Saturday 5th November 2011 10:00am ~ 6:30pm New Academic Building, LG01, Goldsmiths. Admission Free. Negotiating Subjectivities is a one-day symposium held at Goldsmiths and will include three consecutive panels where photographers, sociologists and anthropologists will discuss visual and social scientific work, which address notions of the body - particularly in relation to health, phototherapy, medical practice, imaging technology, personal narratives of disease as well as notions of subjectivity and embodiment.		Symposium Program Panel 1 Photography, Subjectivity and Illness This panel will explore the various ways in which photography has been used to approach disease. How, for example, photography has been deployed as a research instrument or as a therapeutic medium and in doing so how it has challenged notions of individual subjectivity. Chair: Sophie Day (Anthropology, Goldsmiths) Speakers: Carlos Canal (Medical Practitioner & Photographer, Malaga), Julie Roberts (Warwick Medical School) , Jen Tarr (Sociology, LSE). Panel 2 Portraits and Life Stories This panel addresses the opportunities and issues that arise at the interplay between the methodologies of social research, biographical storytelling and portrait photography. Chair: Vic Seidler Speakers: Carole Reeves (Centre for the History of Medicine, UCL), Rebecca Coleman (Sociology, Lancaster University), Katharina Mouratidi (Photographer, Berlin). Panel 3 Theorizing Photography and The Body This panel engages with intersections and emerging developments between contemporary photography and social theory, especially those concerning subjectivity and the body. Chair: Andrew Irving (Anthropology, University of Manchester) Speakers: Lisa Blackman (Media & Communications, Goldsmiths), Bronwyn Parry (Geography, Queen Mary’s) & Zed Nelson (Photographer, London). Closing Remarks Andrew Irving & Laura Cuch

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