Reaching Out
Gesture-Texture-Text

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This symposium builds upon the success of the three-day investigation into ‘gesture’ held in Oxford in January 2024. Arising from this investigation was the notion that gestures can be bound within space and time; that they can enact – even preserve – meaning across the structures of images, texts, and performances.

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Continuing the investigative nature of the overarching ‘gesture’ project, this symposium aims to look more closely at the interrelations between the idea of the gestural and the textural, with a particular focus on the written word.

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The event will be accompanied by a small exhibition entitled "A ribbon unfurling" by the artist Lara Smithson, and will be followed by a drinks reception. We are delighted to welcome the following speakers:

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Dr Natalie Ferris (University of Bristol)

Dr Francesco Giusti (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt)

Dr Ewan Jones (University of Cambridge)

Dr Jennifer Johnson (University of Oxford)

Dr Andrew Sackin-Poll (University of Cambridge)

Lara Smithson (artist)

Lily Stone (University of Cambridge)

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Convened by Dr Rachel Coombes (University of Cambridge) and Dr Jennifer Johnson (University of Oxford)

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