Biennial talk at the Art and Design Academy
15 February 2010
Professor Steven Connor examines the reasons behind why we fidget.
Date: Wednesday February 17, 4pm – 6pm
Venue: LJMU Art and Design Academy, Duckinfield Street L3 5RD
Touched Talks: Steven Connor, 'A Philosophy of Fidgets'
“Fidgeting is a process of searching for an ideal ‘thinking thing’…when we fidget, we put ourselves into play, we use fidgetable objects to play with ourselves, even to play with our own play.”
Steven Connor has written for and has been published in over 100 journals and books on subjects ranging from Charles Dickens to the act of clapping. Most recently, he has published Dumbstruck: A Cultural History of Ventriloquism (2000), The Book of Skin (2003) and Fly (2006). His most recent book, The Matter of the Air and Paraphernalia: The Secret Magic of Ordinary Things, will be published later this year.
Steven Connor is currently Professor of Modern Literature and Theory at Birkbeck College, London.
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