0 Comments“Where Art Thou” is a weekly guide to interesting and notable lectures, events, and performances for the literary/musically/theatrically-inclined.
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On Climate Conversations: A Conversation With Mary Miss
- Monday, September 29, 6:30 pm, Wood Auditorium (Avery Hall)
- Interdisciplinary artist Mary Miss works at the intersection of sculpture, architecture, landscape design, and installation. Her work focuses on “making issues of sustainability and climate change tangible through the arts.” She will present her work and then be in a conversation with GSAPP professor Kate Orff, moderated by GSAPP professor Bart-Jan Polman.
Censored Film Series: Les Statues meurent aussi
- Tuesday, September 30, 6:30 pm, East Gallery (Buell Hall)
- The Maison Française continues their Censored Film Series this fall, featuring eight films that were censored when they were released because of their critiques of the social and political order at the time. Many have never been screened in the U.S. This week’s film is Alain Resnais, Chris Marker, and Ghislain Cloquet’s 1953 Les Statues meurent aussi (Statues also die). The film is in French with English subtitles, and there will be a post-screening discussion.
Homage: Queer lineages on video
- Wednesday, October 1, 12 pm to 6 pm, Wallach Art Gallery (Lenfest Center for the Arts, 6th Floor)
- This exhibit is open through Sunday, October 19, and the gallery’s hours are 12 pm to 6 pm Wednesdays through Sundays.
- The Wallach Art Gallery’s current exhibit, Homage: Queer lineages on video, features works by seven artists who use time-based media to question their relationships with their ancestry and memories. The exhibit pays close attention to “the lived experiences and legacies of illness” and modes of paying homage to lost lives that combat both blind commemoration and erasure.
Revitalization of Indigenous Languages and Arts Across the Americas
- Friday, October 3, 1 to 3 pm, 313 Fayerweather Hall
- This event is hosted by the Center for Science and Society and co-sponsored by the Institute of Latin American Studies, Institute for Religion, Culture and Public Life, and Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy. Speakers will discuss Indigenous languages, arts, and craft practices as they connect to Indigenous knowledge systems, and recent efforts to revitalize these systems after attempts to suppress and erase them.
- Saturday, October 4, 7:30 pm, Miller Theatre
- Anat Cohen, a Grammy-nominated clarinetist and saxophonist will perform at Miller with her quartet this week. She has been named “Clarinetist of the Year” by the Jazz Journalists Association every year since 2007. The group’s jazz will include influences from swing and Brazilian rhythms.
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