Join us at this symposium to explore the meaning, materiality and making of Chinese export wallpaper throughout history.

Artists, academics and conservators will explore the meaning, materiality and making of Chinese export wallpaper throughout history, and how participatory approaches with communities and students can open up new dialogues in heritage spaces.

Speakers

Xiaofan Zhang: The Cross-Cultural Generative Mechanism of Chinese Wallpaper

Sève Favre: Wallpaper and Invasive Plants — A Shared Colonial History

Amy Junker Heslip: From the Royal Pavilion to Guangzhou

Robert Knifton: If Walls Could Talk to Students – A Course Leader's Reflections on Participation

Louise Atkinson: Migration Patterns

Celebration event

The symposium will end with a procession and lion dance, followed by a celebration event to mark the opening of a new exhibition in Project Space from 5 to 7pm (School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies).

See the full programme, speaker biographies and venue information.

Find out about the exhibition in Project Space (Pictures of Tilling and Weaving).

More information

This event is organised by Dr Louise Atkinson (Visiting Research Fellow in the School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies at the University of Leeds) as part of the If Walls Could Talk project.