How do writing about art and making art converge as practices of speculation?How can writing find a metaphor in art rather than a subject or an object?
In the immediate context of Tariq Alvi’s exhibition at Chisenhale Gallery Adrian Rifkin, Professor of Art Writing at Goldsmiths, will imagine the grounds of a convergence between his own practice and that of the artist.

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The Quest for Eden 7.30pm, Wednesday16 September 2009 Redgrave Room, Barbican Centre Level 4 Tickets £5

In relation to the current exhibition The Fourth Wall by Clemens von Wedemeyer, the Barbican Art Gallery is hosting a discussion on The Quest for Eden. Is there anything left to explore? What do TV and film contribute to our eternal {...}

Raven Row, Gallery Conversation, Dave Hullfish Bailey & Nils Norman. Surrounded By Squares, 4pm FREE, info:www.ravenrow.com
Dave Hullfish Bailey has generated polygonal sculptural forms by feeding patterns of information about Spitalfields’ history of dissidence into 3-D design software used by contemporary architects to model high-rises. Under the shadow of the encroaching financial district, Bailey suggests that alternative {...}

Laboratory discussion tonight at Jerwood Space 6-8pm www.jvalab.co.uk
A one month period of art production and experimentation on site at the Jerwood space gallery exploring the processes involved in making, curating, documenting and exhibiting art Curator Sarah Williams, writer Pryle Behrman and Photographer Paul Winch-Furness will be on site throughout the exhibition documenting developments and uploading them to the laboratory blog design {...}

Bob and Roberta Smith will talk about his painting ‘This Artist is Deeply Dangerous’ with Guardian tennis correspondent Steve Bierley and Professor Andrew Patrizio, Director of Research Development at Edinburgh College of Art.
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