Wednesday 24 Oct 2007
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Festival: Dead-In-Iraq: Joseph Delappe Performance, Followed By In Conversation With Rod Dickinson
24 Oct 2007, 6:30 p.m.
free. Artist Joseph DeLappe visiting from Reno, Nevada, will perform live his internationally acclaimed project dead-in-iraq, a memorial for American soldiers in Iraq. The performance will be followed by a conversation between Joseph and UK-based artist Rod Dickinson, about the nature of simulated spaces and the role of art in remembering and/or critiquing the past. This event is supported by Joseph DeLappe's residency at Isis Arts (Newcastle), the University of Sunderland, and the Leverhulme Trust. Sarah Cook sarah.e.cook@sunderland.ac.uk