Presentations by Streams

This panel will discuss the 'stickiness' of memory across various forms of artistic media. We refer here to memories that 'refuse to go', partially due to their form of transmission (eg. 'sticky sites' such as graffiti), and others due to artistic domino-effects (e.g. play adaptations that inspired yet more adaptations). Kitty Brandon-James, from UCL School of Slavonic Studies, discusses the re-appropriation of monuments as sites of resistance, and new techniques employed by young artists who challenge and corroborate previous orthodoxies. Alma Prelec, from The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, analyses commemoration of the Spanish Civil War in the Former Yugoslavia, through particular focus on the play 'Ay, Carmela'. Elisa Bailey, from Lord Cultural Resources (Toronto, Canada, although based in Spain), explores three case studies from Bulgaria, Russia, and Ukraine, that draw out the ongoing oscillation between contesting being coopted by hegemonic narratives.