Invite You to Participate in an Evening Seminar Organised by Dartingtoncollege of Arts

INVITATION

Tooks Chambers and Dartington Creative Enterprise invite you to participate in an evening Seminar organised by Dartington College of Arts

‘ALIENATION AND INTEGRATION’ Exploring the impact of the artist’s vision for politics, business, and organisations

28th February 2007 from 6pm – 8.30pm

Tooks Chambers, the chambers of Michael Mansfield QC 8 Warner Yard Warner Street London EC1R 5EY

For a map of the location, and exhibition information, visit http://www.tooks.co.uk/.htm

For further information about ‘In The Absence of Justice’ – the current exhibition, and the partners in the wider project, visit http://www.triarchypress.co.uk/Ricky_Romain/index.php http://www.dartington.ac.uk/enterprise http://www.rickyromain.com

Space is limited, so please reply as soon as possible to:

Lyn Brown [email protected] tel: 01803 861623 or by mail to Lyn Brown, Dartington Creative Enterprise, Dartington College of Arts, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 6EJ

Seminar details attached as Page 2- If you would like to discuss the programme or wider project, contact Richard Wells, [email protected] tel: 01803 861665

1 The Dartington Creative Enterprise Seminar at Tooks Chambers

‘ALIENATION AND INTEGRATION’ Exploring the impact of the artist’s vision for politics, business, and organisations

The Seminar will take the current exhibition of paintings by Ricky Romain at Tooks Chambers ‘In the Absence of Justice’, and the wider partnership project, as a starting point for debate. The exhibition, with support from Arts and Business, has provided an inspirational focus for partnership between Ricky Romain’s artistic practice and: Human Rights organisations- Tooks Chambers, Amnesty International, Bail for Immigration Detainees [BID]; Higher Education initiatives in the arts and cultural and economic development- Dartington Creative Enterprise; Publishing on organisational process- Triarchy Press. Key emerging questions to be addressed include:  What is the role of the artist’s vision within political activism, organisations, and businesses? Is ‘aesthetic leadership’ a useful concept?  What are the opportunities and risks for the artist and for the organisations involved?  Does artistic practice essentially involve ‘gift’ relationships, and what happens when it encounters institutional agendas and the market? How does documenta- tion and publicity mediate the process?  How has the project enhanced understanding of the individual and group dynam- ics involved in alienation, integration, marginalisation and persecution? Do the arts have a distinctive role to play?  What has been the impact of the project on all the partners so far, and how can such complex partnership relationships best be managed?  What practical outcomes have been achieved? Are ongoing collaborations envis- aged?

This seminar is the last in a series of events, hosted at Tooks Chambers by Amnesty, BID, and Triarchy Press in conjunction with the exhibition. Triarchy Press is planning a research publication as part of this ongoing project. Participants will include: Andy Aitchison, Photographer Rosie Beckham, Managing Director, Triarchy Press Celia Clarke, Director, Bail for Immigration Detainees Heather Fallows, Artist and Curator of the Exhibition Remi Kebaka, Lazarides Gallery, showing the work of Banksy and Ben Turnbull among others Michael Mansfield QC, Tooks Chambers Phil Marfleet, Refugee Research Centre, University of East London Klaus Nielson, Refugee and Migrants Rights Team, Amnesty International Ricky Romain, Exhibiting artist Dr. Alex Rotas, Lecturer in Visual Culture, University of West of England Richard Wells, Senior Creative Enterprise Fellow, Dartington College of Arts, Seminar Chair Programme: 6.00pm – Welcome, refreshments, view exhibition. 6.30pm – Seminar begins, introduced by Chair. 8.00pm – Seminar close, followed by social event to mark the end of the exhibition and a last chance to see Ricky Romain’s exhibition, and to buy work (a proportion of sales income is donated to Amnesty International and BID.)