- Seminar
Traces of Nitrate: Archives and Landscapes between Britain and
Chile
Monday, 11 March, 6-7.30pm, Keynes Library (Room 114), School of
Arts, Birkbeck, University of London, 43 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD
Chilean
nitrate, once highly prized mineral, was at the centre of the relationship
between Britain and Chile from the middle of the nineteenth century to the
early twentieth. This paper, an outcome of a collaboration between an art
historian and photographers, intends to open a debate about the neglect and
importance of the history of nitrate.
The
‘trace’ of the paper’s title refers to our process of delineating the circuit
of nitrate wealth from mines in Atacama desert to City of London merchant
houses and global corporations. ‘Trace’ also refers to nitrate’s physical
remains: the trace as material form, fragile and fragmented. We examine traces
in archives of a British academic, in surfaces of abandoned nitrate mines and
in the structures of copper mining.
All welcome
- Postgraduate Workshop
Photographic Documentation of Sites and Histories
Tuesday, 12 March, 6-7.30pm, Peltz Room, School of Arts,
Birkbeck, University of London, 43 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD
This
postgraduate workshop is an opportunity to discuss the role of photography in
the process of research, documentation and story telling of contested sites and
histories with two experienced documentary photographers. Ignacio Acosta and
Xavier Ribas will show examples of their work to illustrate their methodologies
and production of photographic works prior to discussing the participants own
work.
This event is restricted to Birbeck postgraduate students only.
- Gallery Talk
Traces of Nitrate: Mining history and photography between Britain
and Chile
Friday, 15 March, 1-2 pm, Peltz Room, School of Arts, Birkbeck,
University of London, 43 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD
An exhibition of the work in progress of the AHRC funded Traces of Nitrate project developed at the University of Brighton by Ignacio Acosta, Louise Purbrick and Xavier Ribas.
These
events are organized in collaboration with the Centre
for Iberian and Latin American Visual Studies
All welcome. Booking is not required. First come, first served
