Join Andrew Kötting and Simon Kövesi, who will be in conversation around Andrew’s practice. They’ll share excerpts from works including:
This event is presented in partnership with the Advanced Research Centre, which will be exhibiting The Tell-Tale Rooms, an immersive VR experience created by Andrew and Eden Kötting, from January 16-26.
Refreshments will be provided following the talk.
About Andrew Kötting and Simon Kövesi
Andrew Kötting is an award-winning artist, filmmaker and Professor who has made over 100 short films. His artworks, in varied media, include film, video, performance, paintings, sculpture, collage, cd, vinyl, bookwork, text, and installation, often in collaboration with his daughter Eden. He obtained a BA in Fine Art at Ravensbourne College of Art and then an MA in mixed media at The Slade in London. He is a professor of Time Based Media at UCA and has had over 40 years’ experience in the art world.
Simon Kövesi is Professor of English and Scottish Literature at the University of Glasgow, and Head of the School of Critical Studies, in the College of Arts & Humanities. His research focuses on literature from the 19thc to the present day, and he’s published on the Romantic-period poet John Clare, the contemporary Glaswegian novelist James Kelman, and labouring-class poetry. He was part of the ensemble of Andrew’s By Our Selves film and performance project (2015), which focused on John Clare’s ‘Journey Out of Essex’..