Those Were The Decades: 2000s - The Age Of Turbulance

The fifth event in this series celebrates the 2000s. A full day of talks, screenings and discussions.

Illustrated talk with Richard House:
Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Birmingham and author of The Kills (2013), a series of four digitally augmented novels which focus on the aftermath of the Iraq conflict.

Panel discussion - Ikon in the 2000s:
Chaired by Ikon Director Jonathan Watkins, with Helen Legg, Director of Spike Island, artist Ruth Claxton and Nancy Evans, Director of Learning, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group.

Archive session:
An exploration of rarely seen material from the 2000s with Dr Chris Upton and Rachel MacGregor.

In conversation with Soweto Kinch:
Award winning alto-saxophonist and MC Soweto Kinch discusses his work over the last decade, including The Flyover Show and The Live Box jam sessions.

Film screening:
Flatpack Film Festival show Hidden (Caché), Dir. Michael Haneke, France, 2005, cert 15.