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Sculptor and SA pal <a href="http://tessafarmer.com/" target="_blank">Tessa Farmer</a> has a new exhibition opening this week at <a href="http://viktorwyndfineart.co.uk/tessafarmer.html" target="_blank">Viktor Wynd Fine Art</a>, 11 Mare St, Hackney, London E8.

As part of the exhibition Strange Attractor have collaborated with Tessa and Viktor Wynd to put together a one day symposium on faery lore and Tessa's Work.

Tickets are £25, though early bird tickets, and those bought from the gallery are only £15. You can book tickets <a href="http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user?query=search&amp;category=misc&amp;search=last+tuesday+society&amp;region=xxx&amp;beginmonth=02&amp;beginday=23&amp;beginyear=2010&amp;interface=thelasttuesdaysociety" target="_blank">here</a>.

The line up for the event is as follows:

<strong>Good Neighbours: Faeries, Folklore and the Art of Tessa Farmer</strong>

Saturday 1 October 2011, 11am til 7pm

Viktor Wynd Fine Art, 11 Mare St, London E8

A day of presentations, readings, films and discussion:
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	<li>Tessa Farmer introduces her work</li>
	<li>Gwilym Games (The Friends of Arthur Machen) looks at faeries in the work of Arthur Machen, great-grandfather of Tessa Farmer</li>
	<li>Jeremy Harte (The Folklore Society, author of <em>Explore Fairy Traditions</em>) considers faeries and otherness</li>
	<li>Petra Lange Berdt (author of <em>Animal Art</em>) on the art of taxidermy</li>
	<li>Carol Mavor (author of <em>Reading Boyishly</em>) reads a dark faery tale</li>
	<li>Catriona Mcara (editor of <em>Anti-Tales: The Uses of Disenchantment</em>) examines the films of Tessa Farmer</li>
	<li>Diane Perkiss (author of <em>At The Bottom of the Garden</em>) surveys the changing face of the little people</li>
	<li>Viktor Wynd (The Last Tuesday Society) reads classic short faery tales</li>
</ul>
<em>Tickets are £25, though early bird tickets, and those bought from the gallery are only £15. You can book tickets <a href="http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user?query=search&amp;category=misc&amp;search=last+tuesday+society&amp;region=xxx&amp;beginmonth=02&amp;beginday=23&amp;beginyear=2010&amp;interface=thelasttuesdaysociety" target="_blank">here</a></em>