Morehshin Allahyari (Persian: 賲賵乇賴 卮蹖賳 丕賱賱賴蹖丕乇蹖鈥;) A Territory between Death and Life

Date

Thursday November 5, 2020
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Location

Online

This event is part of the Art for Social Change Speaker Series.

Morehshin Allahyari (Persian: 賲賵乇賴 卮蹖賳 丕賱賱賴蹖丕乇蹖鈥;) is an Iranian-Kurdish media artist, activist, and writer based in Brooklyn, New York, who uses computer modeling, 3D scanning, and digital fabrication techniques to explore the intersection of art and activism. Inspired by concepts of collective archiving and cultural contradiction, Allahyari鈥檚 3D-printed sculptures and videos challenge social and gender norms. Her work has been part of numerous exhibitions, festivals, and workshops throughout the world, including the New Museum, MoMa, Centre Pompidou, Venice Biennale di Archittectura, and Museum f眉r Angewandte Kunst among many others. She is the recipient of The Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters & Sculptors Grant (2019), The Sundance Institute New Frontier International Fellowship, and the leading global thinkers of 2016 award by Foreign Policy magazine. Her 3D Additivist Manifesto video is in the collection of San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and recently she has been awarded major commissions by The Shed, Rhizome, New Museum, Whitney Museum of American Art, Liverpool Biennale, and FACT.

A portrait of Morehshin Allahyari

 

David Rokeby: Art and Artificial Intelligence

Date

Wednesday November 25, 2020
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Location

Online

This event is co-presented with the PADP, part of the Art for Social Change Speaker Series.

David Rokeby is an internationally renowned new media, electronic, video, and installation artist who has been exploring human relationships with digital machines for 35 years, starting with Very Nervous System in 1982. His interests have ranged from the issues of digital surveillance in such works as Watch (1995), Guardian Angel (2002) and Sorting daemon (2003) to critical examination of the differences between the human and artificial intelligence (e.g. The giver of Names, 1991; and n鈥攃ha(n)t, 2001).  

He is a recipient of a Governor General鈥檚 Award in Visual and Media Arts (Canada), a Prix Ars Electronica Golden Nica for Interactive Art (Austria), and a 鈥淏AFTA鈥 award (U.K).  

In his art and publications, Rokeby has explored the social, political, and psychological challenges posed by emerging technologies, and conversely, how these can be used to expand the dialogue about what it means to be human in our contemporary world.  

In this talk, he will discuss his work at the intersection of art and computing with a focus on AI.

 

Context & Meaning, Art & Crime: Graduate Conference in Visual Culture

Start Date

Friday January 22, 2021

End Date

Saturday January 23, 2021

Time

12:00 pm - 12:00 pm

Location

Online

Webinar: Careers in Arts and Culture

Date

Wednesday December 9, 2020
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

Location

Online

Are you interested in a career in arts and culture but don鈥檛 know where to start? A Master鈥檚 in Art History opens doors to exciting opportunities in curatorial work, cultural heritage, cultural policy, museum programming and education, digital humanities, journalism, design, law, and many other fields.  

Join us for a webinar on Wednesday, December 9 from 1:30- 2:30pm to learn more about the Art History Master鈥檚 Program at Queen鈥檚 University. Following brief presentations by professors and alumni, we will answer any questions you have about the program, application process, and opportunities that may be available to you after graduation. 

 

Context and Meaning keynote lecture: Dr. Alison Matthews David

Date

Friday January 22, 2021
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Location

A warm welcome to Professor Alison Matthews David, Ryerson University, who will be delivering the keynote lecture at the 2021 "Context and Meaning" graduate student conference. This year's conference will focus on "Art and Crime".

Dr. Allison Morehead, 鈥淐aring & Curing: Edvard Munch in the Clinic, 1908-09鈥

Date

Thursday January 21, 2021
12:00 pm - 12:00 pm

Location

Nordic Museum, Seattle

In conjunction with the Nordic Museum in Seattle鈥檚 exhibition of Munch Photographs, Dr. Morehead鈥檚 talk on January 21 examines Edvard Munch in the Clinic, 1908-09. Edvard Munch recorded his stay at a private nerve clinic in Copenhagen (1908鈥09) in numerous photographs, representing himself laid out for a bath, but also dressed and "at work." He photographed, sketched, and painted the clinic's doctor, as well as the nurses, care-workers, and patients who populated his world during his months-long rest cure. This talk explores the world of the clinic through Munch's work, revealing not only one artist's experience, but also a new kind of medical institution for caring and curing.