Seeing Double
dal 7/12/2004 al 8/12/2004
Segnalato da
7/12/2004
Seeing Double
The Vera List Center for Art and Politics, New York
Exile Artists Interpret Their Homelands. Throughout the world, war, violence, famine, injustice, or a thirst for adventure and opportunity have driven millions from their homes into a state of dislocation and exile. This contrapuntal awareness has provoked remarkable bodies of works, particularly among artists who return home, however briefly, to measure their new American-bred sensibilities against the realities of their histories. Panel discussion with Shirin Neshat, Walid Raad (The Atlas Group), Sylvia Plachy, moderator: Amei Wallach
Exile Artists Interpret Their Homelands
Throughout the world, war, violence, famine, injustice, or a thirst for
adventure and opportunity have driven millions from their homes into a
state of dislocation and exile. The late Edward Said described the inner
state of the emigre as beset with a nagging awareness of two homes. This
contrapuntal awareness has provoked remarkable bodies of works,
particularly among artists who return home, however briefly, to measure
their new American-bred sensibilities against the realities of their
histories.
Panelists:
Shirin Neshat, American film installation artist, originally from Iran
Walid Raad (The Atlas Group), American multimedia artist, originally from
Lebanon; Vera List Center 2004-2005 Fellow
Sylvia Plachy, American photographer and author of Self Portrait With Cows
Going Home about exile from Hungary (Aperture Foundation, fall 2004)
Moderator:
Amei Wallach, art critic; president emerita, International Art Critics
Association/USA
This panel discussion is part of the Aperture Foundation Lectures,
"Confounding Expectations: Photography and the Arts," and presented by the
Photography Departments of The New School and Parsons School of Design and
the Vera List Center for Art and Politics, in collaboration with the
Aperture Foundation.
The Vera List Center for Art and Politics explores the role of the arts in
developing a civic culture of pluralism in the United States. The Center
brings together a wide array of visual and performance artists, scholars,
curators, and political leaders to investigate the intersection of art and
politics through public lectures and symposia, research activities,
publications, and programs associated with the University's art
collection.
Established in 1992 by a generous grant from the late Vera List, a Life
Trustee of New School University, the Vera List Center embodies the legacy
of The New School's historic involvement with the avant-garde in the arts.
During the year 2004-05, the Center's programming includes an
interdisciplinary exploration of the theme of "homeland."
December 8, 2004, 7:00 p.m.
The Vera List Center for Art and Politics Aperture Foundation
The New School Tishman Auditorium, 66 West 12th Street, New York City
Free admission