War and Memory

The 'Memory and War' forum was organised by Shona Illingworth and Kate Forde and took place on 17 December 2008 to coincide with the War and Medicine exhibition (22 November 2008-15 February 2009) at the Wellcome Collection, London. It was conceived by Illingworth as part on her ongoing series of interdisciplinary Memory Forums. The forum brought together artists, scientists, curators, writers, philosophers, anthropologists, photojournalists and researchers to discuss the experience, construction and mediation of memory in the context of war. The event began with an opportunity for participants to view Shona Illingowrth's video and sound installation The Watch Man, at the Wellcome Collection. A series of short presentations were given by Shona Illingworth, Martin A. Conway, Alexandra Argenti-Pillen, Catherine Panter-Brick, Tom Stoddart and Jason Franks followed by open discussion.