Correspondences: a conversation about art, memory and heritage

This event was hosted by the Centre for Memory, Narrative and Histories (University of Brighton) and took place online. We invited three speakers to ‘correspond’ with our work: Rachel Garfield is an artist and Professor of Fine Art at the University of Reading, whose writing and practice has extensively explored the formation of subjectivities at the intersection of Jewish and other identities, and her own personal heritage; Ben Gidley is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychosocial Studies at Birkbeck, University of London and works on the history of British Jews, with a focus on East London, migration and diaspora, and the radical politics of early 20th century; and Tim Ingold, Professor Emeritus of Social Anthropology at the University of Aberdeen, whose current interests lie on the interface between anthropology, archaeology, art and architecture, and who recently published Correspondences (2020). Each speaker presented their own work in relation to the Correspondences exhibition, followed by a panel discussion and audience Q & A.