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Sculptor and SA pal <a href="http://tessafarmer.com/" target="_blank">Tessa Farmer</a> has a new exhibition opening this weekend at <a href="http://viktorwyndfineart.co.uk/tessafarmer.html" target="_blank">Viktor Wynd Fine Art</a>, 11 Mare St, Hackney, London E8. It runs until 30 October.

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 artwork.

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:

<strong>* 11am Introduction</strong> - Tessa Farmer, Viktor Wynd and Mark Pilkington

* 11.30 Jeremy Harte - Faeries and Otherness

* 12.30 Gwilym Games - “The Obscure and Horrible Race of the Hills”, Arthur Machen's faeries

<strong>* 1.30pm lunch</strong>

* 2.30 Wynd reads a faery tale to aid digestion

* 2.45pm Petra Lange Berndt - Swarming: Insects in art

* 3.45pm Diane Perkiss - The Changing Face of Faery

<strong>4.45 pm Quick tea break</strong>

*5pm Screening of Tessa Farmer and Sean Daniels' three short films

* 5.15pm Catriona Mcara in discussion with Tessa Farmer and Mark Pilkington

* 6pm Carol Mavor faery tale reading

* 6.30 pm Closing discussion and questions

<strong>7pm close</strong>

<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>