How to Reconcile
the Careerist Mentality
with Our Impending Doom
A lecture by Ellie Harrison
Thursday 27 January 2011
16:00
Main Lecture Theatre,
Edinburgh College of Art
This lecture has been programmed to coincide with the launch of 'Trajectories' - a new web-based project by artist Ellie Harrison designed to enable you to compare your life to other people's; to test how you match up against their achievements.
Using 'Trajectories' as a satirical backdrop, the lecture aims to take a critical look at the culture of 'professional practice' within the art school which, having evolved over the course of New Labour's 'creative decade' ('97 – '07), has actively encouraged careerism and the rise of the 'cultural entrepreneur'. Now as we enter a new era of uncertainty, both in financial and environmental terms, this lecture aims to examine whether these working models are indeed still viable and/or ethical, and to explore whether it is possible to reconfigure the new skills we have learned for greater social benefit.
'Trajectories' is supported by an Alt-w award from New Media Scotland. The lecture will be followed by the official project launch at New Media Scotland's headquarters Inspace, which doubles as a preview for the 2011 Edinburgh Art Festival.
Thursday 27 January 2011
18:00 - 20:00
Inspace, 1 Crichton Street,
Edinburgh, EH8 9AB
The lecture is free and open to all. To be on the guest list for the launch please RSVP by Thursday 20 January 2011 to info@edinburghartfestival.com
