The editorial team of Visions of Scale, NCAD Gallery and NCAD would like to invite you to the two-day symposium Visions of Scale, taking place at NCAD on the 23rd and 24th of October. 2025. The symposium aims to bring together key thinkers with distinct disciplinary backgrounds to discuss and problematise uses and theories of scale. Over the two days, we will share dialogues and responses to think through the scalar tools needed to navigate the range of problems we face in 2025, and how we might go about developing those tools, especially through artistic practice.

Confronted with climate collapse, ongoing deterritorialization and rampant global neoliberalism, scalar binaries, such as the local vs the global, fail to capture the complexity of these problems. Visions of Scale questions how we might develop ways of thinking that allow us to navigate scale as both a tool and a problem. The symposium is open to people at all stages in their careers, from inside and outside of academia, and we especially encourage participation by artists.

Alongside talks, roundtables and workshops, there will be an ongoing exhibition hosted at NCAD Gallery with performances and interactive engagements throughout the two days.

The symposium will run from 09:30 – 18:00 each day, is free and vegetarian catering will be provided; however, registering for the event online is mandatory: https://visionsofscale.eventbrite.com

SCHEDULE 

THURSDAY 23rd October, Grace Gifford, NCAD Gallery & The FIELD
09:30-10:00 Opening of Visions of Scale | The Grace Gifford Building
10:00-10:55 Dr Joshua DiCaglio, Texas A&M

MOVE TO NCAD GALLERY
11:00-11:30 Thought Experiment in NCAD Gallery
11:30-12:00 Reflection time
12:00-12:55 Yifeng Wei, NCAD

MOVE TO FIELD
13:00 – 14:30 NCAD Field & Lunch with Gareth Kennedy and Seoídin O’Sullivan, NCAD
14:30 – 14:55 Thought Experiments on Scale in The FIELD

MOVE TO GRACE GIFFORD BUILDING
15:00 – 16:00 TBC
16:00 – 16:15 Break
16:15 – 17:15 Donal Lally TUDublin and Dulmini Perera UL
17:15 – 17:30 Break
17:30 – 18:00 “Scale Undone” performance, Meredith Tromble (20m)
18:00 – 18:30 Post-performance dialogue.
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FRIDAY 24th October, Harry Clarke Lecture Theatre:
09:30-10:00 Welcome & Coffee
10:00-10:55 Jye O’Sullivan
11:00-11:25 Reflection Time
11:30-12:30 Jane Prophet and Helena Hunter

13:30-14:30 Lunch
MOVE TO NIVAL
14:30-15:25 NIVAL

MOVE TO HCLT
15:30-16:30 Renato Pera, Matheus Morani and Jye O’Sullivan
16:30-17:00 Closing dialogue

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All visitor information can be found here: https://www.ncad.ie/about/visitor-info/
Regarding any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact: osullivanjb@ncad.ie