The Glasgow School of Art

Mackintosh’s Contemporary: The Contemporary, Tradition and History                         

An International symposium with the Leverhulme International Network for Contemporary Studies (LINCS)  at the Glasgow School of Art, 1^st September 2015 will examine three moments of the contemporary on the GSA campus: namely the Mackintosh Art School itself as a ‘contemporary’ rather than ‘modern’ building; the Reid Building as a contemporary reworking of the original Mac; and the project for  the  contemporary rebuilding of the Mackintosh library. The symposium will feature talks and events presented by academics, architects, artists, conservationists, filmmakers, historians and musicians.

Speakers include Prof Johnny Rodger (GSA), Ian Alexander (JM Architects) Brian Park (Page\Park), Prof George Cairns (QUT Business School, Brisbane), Prof Charlie Sutherland (Sutherland Hussey), Prof Lionel Ruffel (Paris 8), Dr Hu Lin (Tsinghua University) and Prof Stephen Davismoon (Salford University). For a full programme of speakers and topics download the pdf here or in links above.

Performances

‘Sounding the Reid’
This specially composed site specific piece of music will be performed in live in and throughout the Reid Building in promenade at GSA.  Music composed by Stephen Davismoon incorporating texts on the Reid Building by Johnny Rodger, Steven Holl and Charles Rennie Mackintosh performed by a flautist, violinist and mezzo-soprano.

‘A Beautiful Living Thing’
Film by artists Ross Birrell and Jo Crotch, which shows specially composed music being performed in the burnt out ruins of the Mackintosh Library.

Tickets

This event is free but ticketed. Tickets can be found here on Eventbrite

Event Sponsors:
The Leverhulme Trust, The Glasgow School of Art, Mackintosh School of Architecture, Salford University, The Drouth. 

The Leverhulme International Network of Contemporary Studies
The Mackintosh’s Contemporary Symposium on 1^st September at The Glasgow School of Art is the first part of a three day event by the Leverhulme International Network of Contemporary Studies (LINCS), and the second part will be held on 3^rd September at the University of St Andrews.

The Leverhulme International Network of Contemporary Studies is funded by the Leverhulme Trust and was formed by five partner institutions, bringing together five established scholars working in complementary areas, to lay the foundations for a new, transdisciplinary, field of ‘Contemporary Studies’.