Let's Get Physical

When it comes to the arts, what do notions such as ‘original’ and ‘reproduction’ actually mean in today’s world? The British artist Adam Lowe reconstructs the origins of works of art by Paolo Veronese and Giovanni Battista Piranesi by making 3D printed reproductions. He investigates the history of an original work of art by looking at its exact copy. In this era of digital reproduction, the issue of whether a painting is an original or a copy is neither here nor there to Lowe. In turn, Simon Schaffer, Professor of the History of Science at the University of Cambridge, takes a closer look at the difference between synthetic and natural objects.
Afterwards Paul Dujardin (CEO BOZAR), Luc Tuymans (Belgian artist) and Anne van Grevenstein (coordinator of the restoration of the Adoration of the Mystic Lamb) talk about how replicas change the way we exhibit, manage, experience and preserve works of art. You’ll get a chance to ask any questions you might have at the end of the debate.