The Courtauld Institute of Art and V&A Dundee – Scotland’s design museum announced RES|FEST x Dundee, a two day festival of art historical research.
RES|FEST was born out of a desire to invite as many people as possible to participate in and celebrate the social and creative potential of art historical discovery.
Since RES|FEST was launched in 2017, The Courtauld Institue of Art have held the festival four times – twice at their home at Somerset House, once at the Ulster Museum, Belfast and most recently at The Courtauld’s temporary home at Vernon Square. This November will be the first time that RES|FEST will be held in Scotland, the project being the first collaboration between The Courtauld Institute of Art and V&A Dundee.
On Friday the 29th of November guests will be able to drop into lightning talks on a wide range of subjects, listen to spoken word and musical performances by Scotland’s up-and-coming talent, from Cat Hepburn to Nadine Jassat, reimagine iconic works housed in the Courtauld collection through drag artist Rujazzle’s installation ‘Queering the Canon’, get a private view and curator’s tour of ‘Hello, Robot’, a groundbreaking new exhibition, and have a drink and a bite to eat while listening to Sarra Wild’s – founder of OH141, a creative network aiming to create accessible and inclusive club experience – DJ set!
Guests will have the opportunity to curate their own evening, dipping into a programme of fast-paced, inspirational and, at times, provocative ten minute talks. Speaker highlights will include Aviva Burnstock (The Courtauld Institute of Art), Mick Peter (Artist), Dalziel + Scullion (Artists), Eoin Dara (Dundee Contemporary Art), Meredith Moore (V&A Dundee), Robin Schuldenfrei (The Courtauld Institute of Art), Lisa Williams (The Edinburgh Caribbean Society) and many more!
On Saturday the 30th of November families are invited to take part in a range of workshops, pop-up tours and ‘in discussion’ sessions between researchers from The Courtauld Institute of Art and those based at V&A Dundee. Using the research from the night before, researchers will encourage attendees to practically engage with art history and the artworks housed in the Courtauld collection. Textile Designer from Duncan and Jordonstone College of Art and Design, Lucy Robertson, will host a ‘Sonic Textile Garden’; jewellery artist and design researcher Katharina Vones will show attendees how to create jewellery using a 3D printer – participants will be able to take their unique creation home and watch it change colour when worn.
The event is free, but booking on the Friday night is essential due to popular demand. Saturday will be drop-in and dip-able and no booking is required.