ACADEMIC STREAMS: Repetition, Labour & Endurance

Chairs Maxine Bristow and Jeremy Turner

This session will address the first theorising of repetitive labour in Marx and its ultimate absorption and critique in a range of practices: the 19th century physical demonstration of labour in the visual arts, the critique and deconstruction of repetitive labour, most notably through a feminist critique of textile production, the isolation of the act of repetition itself, either as a sign of endurance and or spiritual enlightenment in the performances of artists such as Vito Acconcci or Franko B, and a natural engagement with the inherent qualities of emerging media such as the films of Warhol or Goddard. Issues of: duration, boredom, the history of labour, the industrialisation of culture, the limit of experience and the sheer persistence of particular gestures or art forms/products will all be addressed in this stream.

Lesley Halliwell-University of Chester
‘Going Straight’

Dr Jo Turney - Bath Spa University
‘Mindful Knitting: Escape, Catharsis and Contemplation through Repetitive Craftwork’

Dr Jessica Hemmings- Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton
‘Text on Textiles’

Dr Caroline Radcliffe and Sarah Angliss-Independent
‘Revolution: A Digital Dance Performance’

Maxine Bristow-University of Chester
‘Continuity of Touch – Textiles as Silent Witness’

Jill Townsley-University of Chester (research Student)
‘Repetition and Process in Art Production-A Practitioners Perspective’

 Pauline Keena-University of Dublin
‘A Working Process’

Jacquie Wilson, Manchester Metropolitan University
‘An investigation into the emotional response to repetition in Art and
Design’

 Mariella Greil, University of Chester
‘Time Said’ (performative lecture)