Matthew Collings, art writer and broadcaster, sums up in opposition to the motion, "This House Believes that conceptual art just isn't Art", at the Oxford Union, 5 November 2009.
In proposition: Alice Thomas, David Armitage, Mark Leckey, and Charles Thomson.
In opposition: Dr Stephen Deuchar, Miroslaw Balka, Adrian Searle, and Matthew Collings.
The motion was defeated.
Used by kind permission of Matthew Collings.
Video from footage courtesy of Rick Friend: http://www.productionfriend.com
Apologies for the poor quality of this video. It was recorded purely for research and not intended for viewing. We thought it was of sufficient interest to make it available anyway.
See Matthew Collings part 2 at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=db11xUM7MAA
See Charles Thomson's speech at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UBGUF0C_XM
Oxford Union? *shudder*
krackfoxtube 1 year ago
too right
Ne1co 2 years ago