Conference: Imagining the Past - Day One

De internationale conferentie Imagining the Past: Ken Russell, Biography and the Art of Making History wil aantonen hoe Russells werk ons helpt om te begrijpen hoe cinema verhalen over onszelf en de geschiedenis (re)construeert. De conferentie biedt analyses van Russells benadering van biografie, zijn documentaires over kunstenaars, en de langspeelfilms waarin hij de levens van kunstenaars op een creatieve manier herinterpreteert.

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