OxTalks will soon move to the new Halo platform and will become 'Oxford Events.' There will be a need for an OxTalks freeze. This was previously planned for Friday 14th November – a new date will be shared as soon as it is available (full details will be available on the Staff Gateway).
In the meantime, the OxTalks site will remain active and events will continue to be published.
If staff have any questions about the Oxford Events launch, please contact halo@digital.ox.ac.uk
The final lecture is dedicated to missing parts in works of art (Sano di Pietro/Osservanza Master, 1435), a reliquary from Augsburg (mid-15th c), and altarpieces (Bern/Allerseelenaltar, 1505). These gaps in artefacts are not only signs of use but also demonstrate how such gaps can become the subject of artistic creation itself. How do we write the histories related to these gaps created by missing elements? The layers of the past inscribed through the traces of use into the object itself may contribute to writing a history of the object which differs from that of the cultural context for which it was produced.
