Event overview
The Goldsmiths Writers’ Centre in association with the New Statesman presents a multimedia celebration to mark the tercentenary of Sterne’s birth
‘What is to be praised him is not the closed and the transparent but the “endless melody”: . . . an artistic style in which the fixed form is constantly being broken up . . . so that it signifies one thing and at the same time another.’ (Friedrich Nietzsche)
Such is the inventiveness and creative daring of Tristram Shandy that it has long proved a fertile source of inspiration not just to novelists but also to artists working in other media. Accordingly, our commemoration of Sterne’s birth focuses on some of the ways in which his aesthetic of playful obliquity continues to extend its influence across the arts.
Our birthday celebration begins with a screening of Michael Winterbottom’s hilarious A Cock and Bull Story (starring Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon), continues with the cartoonist and illustrator, Martin Rowson, talking about his graphic novel of Tristram Shandy, and concludes with the novelist and critic, Adam Thirlwell, discussing Sterne with the writer Andrew O’Hagan, the artist Tom Phillips and the Turner-Prize winning Goldsmiths alumnus, Mark Wallinger.
Event Information:
Monday 25th November 2013, 16.00 - 21.00.
16.00-17.30: Screening of Michael Winterbottom’s A Cock and Bull Story, introduced by Tim Parnell (Ben Pimlott Building Lecture Theatre)
18.00-18.45: Martin Rowson - Tristram Shandy: The Graphic Novel (Ian Gulland Lecture Theatre)
19.00-20.00: Laurence Sterne is 300: A Multimedia Birthday conversation with Andrew O’Hagan, Tom Phillips, Mark Wallinger & Adam Thirlwell (Ian Gulland Lecture Theatre).
20.00-21.00: Drinks Reception.
The event is FREE to attend, reserve your place here: writerscentre@gold.ac.uk
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
|---|---|---|
| 25 Nov 2013 | 4:00pm - 9:00pm |
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