Panel Discussion: Slowness in the Digital Age

Saturday 14 June
2.00 – 4.00pm

This cross-disciplinary discussion focuses on the Slow Movement which has emerged as a reaction to the speed of our modern age, an idea that resonates with the work of both Moyra Davey and Phillip Lai. A series of short presentations culminating in a panel discussion, this event welcomes four guest speakers to examine ideas of ‘slowness’ in the context of a digital age.

Speakers include: Art historian and critic Marcus Verhagen, who will chair the panel discussion and present on ideas relating to the slow and fast of contemporary art; Richard Kerridge, nature writer and Director of the MA in Creative Writing at Bath Spa University, will consider 'slow literature'; Carolyn F. Strauss, founder and Director of slowLab, will talk about slow design and the role it plays in activating and amplifying the potentials of slow knowledge; Manu Bazzano, writer, Zen monk and psychotherapist, will draw on Zen practice, contemporary philosophy and psychotherapy to explore ideas of time, memory and how the speed of capitalist culture can affect modern living.

Programmed alongside the exhibitions in the galleries by Moyra Davey and Phillip Lai.

Tickets: £7 / £5 Friends and Concessions

Includes a complimentary drink in the Café

Broadcast live at thisistomorrow.info

Eligible Concessions and Refund Policy
Full time students with NUS cards; in receipt of housing and council tax benefits, income support, job seekers allowance, a state pension; registered disabled. Please bring evidence of your concessionary status and show it to the Bookshop staff at the event. Please note that we are unable to give refunds unless the event is cancelled.