Conference: Imagining the Past - Day One

Le colloque international Imagining the Past: Ken Russell, Biography and the Art of Making History propose de montrer comment l'oeuvre de Russell nous aide à comprendre les stratégies artistiques dont se servent certains cinéastes pour élaborer des narrations sur l'humanité et sur l'histoire. Les conférenciers se pencheront sur la façon singulière dont Russell a créé ses biographies, ses documentaires d'artistes et ses grands films dans lesquels il (ré-)imagine la vie de quelques artistes.

Participation is free but registration is required due to the limited seating capacities. Please confirm your participation at: russellconference@offscreen.be

IMAGINING THE PAST

Ken Russell, Biography, and the Art of Making History

Conference Programme – Day One

09:30 Registration and Coffee

09:45 Welcome and Introduction: Christophe Van Eecke (UM), Karel Vanhaesebrouck (ULB) and Muriel Andrin (ULB).

10:00 Session 1: The Gentle Art of Biography

10:00 Paul Sutton: Approaches to the Ken Russell Biography

10:30 Maaike Meijer: Ken Russell as a Challenge to the Theory of Biography

11:00 Coffee

11:30 Sandra Kisters: Filming Artists’ Lives - But How About the Art?

12:00 Plenary discussion

13:00 LUNCH

14:00 Session 2: Early Russell in Context

14:00 Roger Crittenden: The Russell of Film: The Role of 35mm

14:30 Paul Sutton: The Origins, Hallmarks and the Development of the Ken Russell Film Style

15:00 Coffee

15:30 John Hill: Blurring the Boundaries between “Fact” and “Fiction”: Ken Russell, the BBC and “Monitor”

16:00 John Wyver: Ken Russell’s “Pop Goes the Easel”: Fact, Fiction and Fantasy in “Swinging London”

16:30 Matt Melia: Experiments in Television and Biography: Ken Russell’s Work for the BBC and the Challenge to Public Service Broadcasting

17:00 Plenary discussion