How can illustrators ‘give voice’ to people and communities? How do heritage practitioners utilise the practice of illustration? How is the process of heritage-making practised by illustrators around the world?
How can illustrators ‘give voice’ to people and communities? How do heritage practitioners utilise the practice of illustration? How is the process of heritage-making practised by illustrators around the world?

Programme

14th International Illustration Research Symposium

On 22 and 23 November 2024, the symposium will explore the role illustration plays in cultural heritage.

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Day 1: Friday 22nd November

9.00 – 10:00 Registration and coffee
10:00 – 10:30 Welcome Address — Banqueting Hall:
Maria Chatzichristodoulou, Dean of Research and Knowledge Exchange
Opening Statement — Banqueting Hall: Rachel Emily Taylor, Course Leader BA (Hons) Illustration, Camberwell College of Arts
10:30 – 11:20 Keynote — Banqueting Hall:
Dan Hicks, 'Realistic Degeneration'. Or, How Illustration can Change the World.
Chair: Rachel Emily Taylor
11:30 – 12:50 Panel — Banqueting Hall: Archives
Panel — Red Room: Learning
1:00 – 1:50 Lunch
2:00 – 2:50 Keynote — Banqueting Hall:
Yeni Kim, Dot-to-Dot: Drawing Connection in Heritage Through Illustration
Chair: Luise Vormittag, Reader in Illustration, Camberwell College of Arts
3:00 – 4:20 Panel — Banqueting Hall: Resistance
Panel — Red Room: Architecture
4:30 – 5:50 Panel — Banqueting Hall: National Story
Panel — Red Room: Institutions
6:00 – 7:30 Poster Session — Triangle Space Refreshments will be provided

Day 2: Saturday 23rd November

9.00 – 10:00 Coffee
10:00 – 10:30 Banqueting Hall:
Nanette Hoogslag, Principle Editor of Journal of Illustration
10:30 – 11:20 Keynote — Banqueting Hall:
Chris Lee, Historiography as Indictment
Chair: Kam Rehal, Senior Lecturer, BA (Hons) Graphic Design, Camberwell College of Arts
11:30 – 12:50 Panel — Banqueting Hall:
Heritage-Making
Panel — Red Room: Technology
1:00 – 1:50 Lunch
2:00 – 3:20 Panel — Banqueting Hall: Community
Panel — Red Room: Biography
Workshop — Triangle Space: Vicki Aimers, Obedient Play
3:00 – 3:50 Coffee
4:00 – 5:20 Panel — Banqueting Hall: Voice
Panel — Red Room: Materiality
5:20 – 5:30 Closing Statement — Banqueting Hall
Rachel Emily Taylor
The poster exhibition will be open for the duration of the symposium