Saturday 2 July 2011, 2 – 9pm

Wysing’s Psychedelia Conference marked the launch of The Department of Psychedelic Studies, the second of three departments within Wysing’s programme for 2011: The Institute of Beyond - an informal research institute that will host a range of 12 artists’ residencies and events throughout the year.

Schedule for the conference

Welcome by Gareth Bell-Jones & Ellie Morgan

2pm Jonathan Harris – 'Psychedelia,Social Crisis and the Counterculture'

2.45pm Discussion

3pm Artist Presentation by Damien Roach

3.15pm Lux Screening Part 1: Expand / Alter
Outside Looking In [Extract], Timothy Leary, 15 mins
Videospace, John 'Hoppy' Hopkins, 13 mins

3.45pm Artist presentation by Kate Owens

4pm William Rowlandson – Borges and Terence McKenna. Links Between Mysticism, Psychedelia and Creativity

4.45 Discussion

5 Break (food & drinks available to buy)

5.45pm Professor Roger Buckley – Visual Perception and Its Complexities

6.30pm Discussion

6.45pm Artist presentation by Hilary Koob-Sassen

7pm Lux Screening Part 2: Illusion / Abstract

New Improved Institutional Quality: In The Environment Of Liquids And Nasals A Parasitic Vowel Sometimes Develops, Owen Land, 10 mins
Abstractions Quotidiennes, Laure Prouvost, Various lengths (1 - 4 mins)

7.30pm Mark Essen

7.45pm Discussion (plenum)

8.15pm Lux Screening Part 3: Stench / Rhythm
A Primer for Cadavers, Ed Atkins, 17 mins
Straight And Narrow, Tony Conrad, Beverly Conrad, 10 mins

8.45pm END