Intelligence Squared has announced an upcoming debate entitled, “Photography Will Always Be a Lesser Medium than Paint”. The event will take place on Monday, 1 November, at Phillips de Pury, Howick Place, London SW1P 1BB. Speakers for the motion include Stephen Bayley, José María Cano and Michael Mack; while speakers against the motion include A. A. Gill, Chris Steele-Perkins and Rut Blees Luxemburg. Tickets are available priced at £25.

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PHOTOGRAPHY WILL ALWAYS BE A LESSER MEDIUM THAN PAINT

Monday November 1st, 2010
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Photography is accessible, quotidian and disposable, consumed and discarded in the space of a click and a flash. It is created by technicians, not artists. It presents facts devoid of insight, and even in this respect is fatally undermined by the ease, and prevalence, of digital manipulation.

Yet are these views as anachronistic as the artist with his easel and paintbrush, flailing to capture a scene as the world accelerates around him? Join the debate, as Intelligence Squared gathers masters of both mediums for a contemporary exploration of a historically fraught relationship.

WHEN Monday November 1st, 2010
Doors open at 6.15pm. The event will begin at 7.00pm and finish at 8.30pm.

WHERE Phillips de Pury, Howick Place, London SW1P 1BB

TICKETS £25 standard tickets now available at: http://www.intelligencesquared.com/events/photography-will-always-be-a-lessermedium-than-paint

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