Visions of Scale

The editorial team of Visions of Scale, NCAD Gallery and NCAD would like to invite you to the two day symposium Visions of Scale, taking place at NCAD on the 23rd and 24th of October. The symposium aims to bring together key thinkers with distinct disciplinary backgrounds to discuss and problematise uses and theories of scale. Over the two days, we will share dialogues and responses to think through the scalar tools needed to navigate the range of problems we face in 2025, and how we might go about developing those tools, especially through artistic practice.

Confronted with climate collapse, ongoing deterritorialization and rampant global neoliberalism, scalar binaries, such as the local vs the global, fail to capture the complexity of these problems. Visions of Scale questions how we might develop ways of thinking that allow us to navigate scale as both a tool and a problem. The symposium is open to people at all stages in their careers, from inside and outside of academia and we especially encourage participation by artists.

Alongside talks, roundtables and workshops, there will be an ongoing exhibition hosted at NCAD Gallery with performances and interactive engagements throughout the two days.

The symposium will run from 09:30 – 18:00 each day, is free and vegetarian catering will be provided.

All visitor information can be found here: https://www.ncad.ie/about/visitor-info/

Thursday 23rd October, Grace Gifford, NCAD Gallery & The FIELD

09:30-10:00 Opening of Visions of Scale | The Grace Gifford Building

10:00-10:55 Dr Joshua DiCaglio, Texas A&M

MOVE TO NCAD GALLERY

11:00-11:30 Thought Experiment in NCAD Gallery

11:30-12:00 Reflection time

12:00-12:55 Yifeng Wei, NCAD

MOVE TO FIELD

13:00 - 14:30 NCAD Field & Lunch with Gareth Kennedy and Seoídin O’Sullivan, NCAD

14:30 - 14:55 Thought Experiments on Scale in The FIELD

MOVE TO GRACE GIFFORD BUILDING

15:00 - 16:00 TBC

16:00 - 16:15 Break

16:15 - 17:15 Donal Lally TUDublin and Dulmini Perera UL

17:15 - 17:30 Break

17:30 - 18:00 “Scale Undone” performance, Meredith Tromble (20m)

18:00 - 18:30 Post-performance dialogue.

Friday 24th October, Harry Clarke Lecture Theatre:

09:30-10:00 Welcome & Coffee

10:00-10:55 Jye O’Sullivan

11:00-11:25 Reflection Time

11:30-12:30 Jane Prophet and Helena Hunter

13:30-14:30 Lunch

MOVE TO NIVAL

14:30-15:25 NIVAL

MOVE TO HCLT

15:30-16:30 Renato Pera, Matheus Morani and Jye O’Sullivan

16:30-17:00 Closing dialogue