# Event Details - **Event Name**: Photographic Objecthood:Construction, Presence and the Sculptural Encounter - **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 21 Jan, 2026 at 10:00 am – Wed, 21 Jan, 2026 at 07:00 pm - **Event Description**: This symposium aims to provoke new approaches to the spatial, sensorial and sculptural potential of photography.About this EventThis symposium aims to provoke new approaches to the spatial, sensorial and sculptural potential of photography, exploring questions regarding the histories and futures of photographic objecthood.Photographic Objecthood: Construction, Presence, and the Sculptural Encounter will bring together critics, academics and artists interested in the sculptural capacities of photography.The programme opts not to examine the idea of ‘expanded’ photography where a hybridised ‘sculptural’ photograph is augmented through mixed media or in some way rendered three-dimensional. Speakers and contributors are instead invited to focus on artworks where conceptual, philosophical, or political meaning flows from a spatial or phenomenological encounter with a photograph of a specific scale and materiality.This symposium is organised in collaboration with artist Fiona Crisp (Professor of Contemporary Art, Northumbria University).Programme:9.30 Registration and coffee10.00 IntroductionDr Sean Ketteringham, Henry Moore Institute andProfessor Fiona Crisp, Northumbria University10.15 Chair: Dr Sean KetteringhamProfessor Fiona Crisp & Professor Hilde Van Gelder, University of LeuvenImpossible Space and Weak Images: Fiona Crisp and Hilde Van Gelder in-conversation.11.00 Session One, Chair: Professor Hilde Van GelderDr Duncan Wooldridge, artist/Manchester Metropolitan UniversityFrom the infra-thin to the photographic object: perceptual and technical encounters with photographic materialities.Maria Luigia Gioffrè, Accademia Nazionale d’Arte Drammatica Silvio d’Amico, RomeThe Drifting Trace: Photography as Sculptural Trace of Social Media TheatricalityXiangyin Gu, Royal College of ArtDisappearance: Photographic Objecthood in the Age of Algorithmic Memory12.15 – 1.30 Lunch in The Studio (provided)1.30 Session Two, Chair: Dr Sean KetteringhamDr Rachel Wells, Ruskin School of Art, University of OxfordTitle tbcDr Elisaveta Ernst, Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinBetween Light and Matter: Sigurður Guðjónsson and the Ontology of Photographic PresenceDr Katarína Mašterová, Institute of Art History of the Czech Academy of SciencesJan Svoboda and the Sculptural Encounter of the PhotographMichael Kurtz, writer and critic, & Nat Faulkner, artistNat Faulkner: Between Object and Objecthood3.00 – 3.30 Break3.30 pm Session Three, Chair: Professor Fiona CrispJulie F. Hill, artistMeeting Space in Silver & Glass: Photographic objecthood & cosmic observation at the Harvard Plate Stacks.Helen Robertson, artist/Central Saint MartinsPhotography as Live EncounterProfessor Martin Newth, Glasgow School of ArtObjecthood and the Photographic Apparatus: Between Image, Material and Machine5pm Open discussion5.30pm Drinks served in The Studio7pm Finish - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/leeds/photographic-objecthood-construction-presence-and-the-sculptural-encounter/100001973104623042 - **Event Categories**: art, meetups, fine-arts, literary-art - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket URL**: https://consumer.pxf.io/c/1339408/3151484/39691?partnerpropertyid=1191892&MediaPartnerPropertyId=1191892&svlink=14105511&level=1&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fphotographic-objecthoodconstruction-presence-and-the-sculptural-encounter-tickets-1973104623042 - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: GBP ## Event venue details - **city**: Leeds - **state**: EN - **country**: United Kingdom - **location**: The Henry Moore Institute - **lat**: 53.8000775 - **long**: -1.5475421 - **full address**: The Henry Moore Institute, 74 The Headrow, Leeds, United Kingdom ## Event Organizer details - **affiliate_id**: 10 - **organizer**: Henry Moore Institute (https://allevents.in/org/henry-moore-institute/22642204) ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: banner - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events10/banners/7c1a049b06921e9d08b00d785a1074fc5d54ad1b2e627be0d9559bdfc4e2a87b-rimg-w912-h742-dcbfbfc0-gmir.jpg?v=1763478230 - **Alt text**: thumbnail - **Image URL**: https://dyn-image.allevents.in/generate-image?v=4&title=Photographic+Objecthood%3AConstruction%2C+Presence+and+the+Sculptural+Encounter&date=21+Jan ## FAQs - **Q**: When is the event happening? - **A:** Wed, 21 Jan, 2026 at 10:00 am - **Q**: Where is the event happening? - **A:** The Henry Moore Institute, 74 The Headrow, Leeds, United Kingdom - **Q**: What is the ticket price? - **A:** starting from 0 up to 0 GBP - **Q**: Who is organizing the event? - **A:** Henry Moore Institute - **Q**: What type of event is this? - **A:** art, meetups, fine-arts, literary-art - **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Photographic Objecthood:Construction, Presence and the Sculptural Encounter ? - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Photographic Objecthood:Construction, Presence and the Sculptural Encounter", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events10/banners/7c1a049b06921e9d08b00d785a1074fc5d54ad1b2e627be0d9559bdfc4e2a87b-rimg-w912-h742-dcbfbfc0-gmir.jpg?v=1763478230", "startDate": "2026-01-21", "endDate": "2026-01-21", "url": "https://allevents.in/leeds/photographic-objecthood-construction-presence-and-the-sculptural-encounter/100001973104623042", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "The Henry Moore Institute", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "74 The Headrow", "postalCode": "LS1 3AH", "addressLocality": "Leeds", "addressRegion": "EN", "addressCountry": "GB" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "53.8000775", "longitude": "-1.5475421" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "This symposium aims to provoke new approaches to the spatial, sensorial and sculptural potential of photography.", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "GBP", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-05", "availabilityEnds": "2026-01-21", "validFrom": "2026-04-05", "lowPrice": "0.00", "highPrice": "0.00", "price": "0.00", "url": "https://allevents.in/leeds/photographic-objecthood-construction-presence-and-the-sculptural-encounter/100001973104623042" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "GBP", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-05", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-04-05", "url": "https://allevents.in/leeds/photographic-objecthood-construction-presence-and-the-sculptural-encounter/100001973104623042", "price": 0, "name": "General Admission" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Henry Moore Institute", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/henry-moore-institute/22642204", "description": "The Henry Moore Institute is dedicated to celebrating sculpture. 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