Conference on modern materials

"The future of the twentieth century--collecting, interpreting and
conserving modern materials"
AHRC Research Centre for Textile Conservation and Textile Studies
2nd annual conference
Textile Conservation Centre
Winchester Campus
University of Southampton, UK
July 26-28, 2005

Draft programme

Tuesday July 26, 2005
1:30-6pm
Session 1: Setting the Scene

    (A) Creating and interpreting objects
            Chair: Mary Brooks
            Textile Conservation Centre, University of Southampton,
            UK

        Modern materials in textile art
            Jennifer Harris
            Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, UK

        An artist creates permanence from transience: The 'Schmuck
        Quickies' of Yuka Oyama become durable
            Cordelia Rogerson
            Textile Conservation Centre
            University of Southampton and Royal College of Art, UK
            and
            James Beighton
            Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, UK)

        Interpreting the woven devore textile
            Andie Robertson
            Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College, UK

       "Mutilated hosiery": iconoclasm and the recycling of
        clothing in the Punjabi shoddy trade
            Lucy Norris
            University College London, UK

    (B) Collecting modern textile materials
        Chair Dinah Eastop:
        Textile Conservation Centre
        University of Southampton

        Interdependencies, risk and prediction: Sustaining modern
        collections at The National Archive, UK
            Nancy Bell
            The National Archives, Kew, UK

        Forgotten fibres? Issues in the collecting and conservation
        of regenerated protein fibres
            Mary Brooks
            Textile Conservation Centre, University of Southampton,
            UK

       "A bomb in the collection: Researching and exhibiting early
        twentieth century fashion
            Alexandra Palmer
            The Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada

Wednesday July 27, 2005
9am-5pm
Session 2: Material Investigations

    (A) Characterising Modern Materials
            Chair: Yvonne Shashoua
            National Museum of Denmark

        Accessorising costume with early plastics
            Anita Quye
            National Museums of Scotland

        Identifying modern materials: Taking it to the collection
            Paul Garside and Paul Wyeth
            Textile Conservation Centre, University of Southampton,
            UK

    (B) Material challenges

        Man made fibres, from polypropylene to works of art
            Thea van Oosten and Ineke Joosten
            Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage

        Investigating cellulose nitrate degradation caused by fungal
        attack
        Margarida Silva
        Museu do Carro Electrico, Oporto, Portugal

        Polyurethane foam: Investigating the physical and chemical
        consequences of degradation

            Paul Garside and Doon Lovett
            Textile Conservation Centre, University of Southampton,
            UK

        Sticky oilskins and stiffened rubber: New challenges for
        textile conservators

            Irene Skals and Yvonne Shashoua
            National Museum of Denmark

        The effect of acid dyes on the photodegradation of knitted
        nylon conservation net

            M.K. Sinha and R.M. Christie
            Heriot-Watt University Galashiels, UK
            and
            R. Shamey
            North Carolina State University, USA

Session 3: Conservators and Collections
Chair Anita Quye
National Museums of Scotland

    Freezing the present to preserve the future
        Yvonne Shashoua, National Museum of Denmark)

    The pits of despair! What conservation problems do rubberised
    dress shields pose to historic dress collections?

        Anna Hodson, National Museums of Scotland

    Modern textile materials in practice at The Hermitage Museum
        Elena Mikolaychuck, The State Hermitage Museum, St
        Petersburg, Russia

    Understanding textile art: Conserving artists' intent
        Ann French, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, UK

    Techno Textiles
        Leo Dokos, University of Southampton, UK

Thursday July 28, 9:30am-1:30pm
Session 4 Case studies
Chair Lynda Hillyer
Victoria and Albert Museum, London

    Contemporary Challenges
        Brenda Keneghan, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK

    A perfect union: When textile and painting become one
        Tatiana Ausema, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, USA

    A global challenge: The search for conservation solutions for
    Eero Aarnio's Globe/Ball chair
        Joelle Wickens
        Textile Conservation Centre, University of Southampton, UK

    A study of sequins on a Cantonese opera stage curtain
    Angela Cheung
    Leisure and Cultural Services Department, Hong Kong

    The Homewood: Conservation-Restoration of a 20th century
    collection

        Fiona Macalister and Christine Lachelin
        The National Trust, UK

For further information and a booking form,see
<URL:http://www.soton.ac.uk/~contex> or email contex<-a t->soton< . >ac< . >uk.

Chris Bennett
AHRC Research Centre for Textile Conservation and Textile Studies


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