In Conversation: Antony Gormley with Simon Armitage: Bridging disciplines in public art
This special event brings together two of the UK’s most acclaimed artists to discuss themes that cross creative disciplines and that have featured in some of their recent collaborations: the integration of poetry and sculpture, form with metaphor, and how audiences experience and interact with physical objects and words.
Sir Antony Gormley is the recipient of numerous awards and his sculptures, installations and public artworks that investigate the relationship of the human body to space have been widely exhibited throughout the UK and internationally.
Simon Armitage CBE is the UK Poet Laureate and an Honorary Fellow of Trinity College; he is Professor of Poetry at the University of Leeds, and former Oxford Professor of Poetry. His numerous awards include the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry and an Ivor Novello.
Date: 12 March 2025, 17:30 (Wednesday, 8th week, Hilary 2025)
Venue: Trinity College, Broad Street OX1 3BH
Venue Details: de Jager Auditorium, Levine Building
Speakers: Professor Simon Armitage (University of Oxford), Sir Antony Gormley
Organising department: Trinity College
Organiser contact email address: julia.paolitto@trinity.ox.ac.uk
Booking required?: Required
Booking url: https://www.trinity.ox.ac.uk/public-event/conversation-antony-gormley-simon-armitage-bridging-disciplines-public-art
Cost: £10 / £5 students
Audience: Public
Editor: Julia Paolitto