The final #LivesOfObjects: #VirtualGathering #4 On Rematriation takes place this Thu 7 Dec at 16h GMT with
@anoghana @nanaoforiattaayim @kuwaha
and Dr. Robin R.R. Gray (via Goethe-Institut London
@GI_London1 on X) www.goethe.de/ins/gb/en/ve...
A Chair's life http://thetwistedyarn.com/2017/01/25/about-a-chair/ #lifewriting #livesofobjects via @thetwistedyarn
22 Oct 2013,5.30pm,OCLW: Kathryn Hughes, UEA prof of life-writing, on 'George Eliot's Milk Churn'. Will appeal to #livesofobjects delegates!
#livesofobjects is over: thank you so much to all speakers,panel chairs,delegates,plenaries,stewards&catering,events+tech staff! & Hermione!
@ferrygeo Thank *you* so much for your role in #livesofobjects - you led the workshop session brilliantly, and were fabulous on the panel!
@dvuillermin Thank you! So glad you had a good time! #livesofobjects
Penultimate session ending with question abt speakers' personal investments in their objects:is all biog a form of autobiog? #livesofobjects
@alexwoodall spoke charmingly abt headless zebra! Now @Sothisisfroukje talks abt network of scientists based around 1 house #livesofobjects
Now @AliceDolinen is telling us about the production and care of an eighteenth-century bedsheet #livesofobjects
Valeria de Lucca now talks about a C17th harpsichord, and carving of siren on its legs #livesofobjects
Salaru is talking about photographic postcards in Tropenmuseum #livesofobjects
Now for the penultimate session of #livesofobjects - a workshop session in which 5 speakers will talk for 5 minutes each. First:Maria Salaru
Uglow ends by movingly describing grave of Losh & sister Katherine, w inscription 'parted in life, in death united' #livesofobjects
Uglow: Incredible windows in apse creating silhouettes of fossils! Based on Losh's reading of 'Fossil Flora' (1833) #livesofobjects
Uglow: Images of deadly nightshade were there too: death (atropos) found its way into chapel #livesofobjects
Now Uglow shows gorgeous images of huge kaleidoscopic stained glass windows, incl fragments of poppies & water-lilies #livesofobjects
I'm v interested in Henry de la Beche - he was first geologist to be officially employed by the @OrdnanceSurvey #livesofobjects
Uglow:Losh reads cutting-edge geological works,incl by Henry de la Beche:influenced decision to include dinosaur carvings! #livesofobjects
Uglow: church at Wreay's design inadvertently produced amazing acoustics #livesofobjects
Uglow describing miraculous retrieval of church from sand dunes at Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, in 1836. Losh was inspired! #livesofobjects
I'm v excited to see these images: I reviewed Uglow's book, but was sent a proof copy without pics! www.theguardian.com/books/2012/aug/31/the-pi... #livesofobjects
Uglow: Influence of Norman churches on Losh's design at Wreay, esp eagle on double bell tower #livesofobjects
Uglow describes Losh's fascinating uncle, James,friend of Wordsworth & Godwin. Sarah was 1 of first to hear Lyrical Ballads! #livesofobjects
Uglow points to influence on Losh on Thomas Hope's design theories. I love Hope - he designed most of Gt Portland St! #livesofobjects
Uglow points out that Richard Payne Knight saw lotus and pinecone as contrasting female/male principles #livesofobjects
Uglow: describes symbolically laden nature of lotus, which holds its flower "high above the chaos of the world" #livesofobjects
Uglow is describing the symbolic history of the pinecone: reproduction, Bacchus, Masons, Enlightenment, the Cartesian soul #livesofobjects
Uglow compares a building to an "envelope", containing objects juxtaposed in space #LivesofObjects
Third and final day of #LivesofObjects conference! We're starting with 3rd plenary: Jenny Uglow on Sarah Losh's stunning church.
Fouirnaies: Doris Lessing's conflicted relationship with parents is obvious in photos that emphasise distance #livesofobjects
