Making a Scene

Making a Scene is drawn from papers and discussions first heard at one day conference heldat the Birmingham Institute of Art & Design, University of Central England on 5 June 1999:Setting the Scene Henry RogersAn introduction to the themes of Making a Scene and a mapping of the questions and debatesexplored within.Experience and the Expectancy of Speech: Kate LoveKate Love examines the limitations of experience as self-presence while arguing for apolitically efficacious model of experience as the imperative of critical writing and enquiry.Posing the Subject: Performing the Other as Self: Amelia JonesAmelia Jones examines Cindy Sherman's facial expressions and the photographs ofLaura Aguilar.