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Monday, May 10, 2010

Symposium at SFAI of the MA Thesis Cohort

This is the third MA cohort I've shepherded through the thesis process at SFAI. The Symposium always offers up a diverse and rewarding range of talks. These are twenty minute excerpts and adaptations from longer written pieces, and these guys have a lot to talk about. There are some really great talks this year, I'm obviously partial, but it's well worth your time if you are around town and not otherwise occupied.

MA SYMPOSIUM TUESDAY 11 MAY, 2010
800 CHESTNUT STREET, LECTURE HALL
10:00AM TO 3:15PM

Reception to follow in the Café

PROGRAM

10:00am Welcome and Introduction
Moderator: Renée Green, Dean of Graduate Studies

Session 1

10:10am- Adam Prince (MA–US)
DAMS, DISCOURSE, AND DEVELOPMENT REFIGURING THE FLOWS OF PROGRESS

10:30am-Rachel Adams (MA-EMS)
Bringing Detroit Back from the “Dead” Localized Artistic Practices as Forms of Urban Revitalization

10:50am- Respondent: Jeannene Przyblyski

11:00-11:15 Discussion

11:15-noon Brunch

Session 2

12:00noon- Patricia Augsburger (MA–US)
Kanga Stories: Fashioning the Kanga as Cultural Mediator in East Africa

12:20pm--Julie Edwards (MA-EMS)
The Past Presented: Anachronic Enactment and Theatrical Presentation in Living History Museums

12:40pm-Nicole Lattuca (MA-EMS)
Bad Education: Appropriating the Experimental School in Contemporary Curatorial Practice

1:00pm-Respondent: Tarek Elhaik

1:10pm-1:30pm Discussion

1:30pm-2:00pm Break

Session 3

2:00pm-Yuen Jung Lee (MA–HTCA)
TRANSPOSING THE READYMADE: CRITICAL INCONGRUITY IN JENS HAANING’S SITE-SPECIFIC WORK

2:20pm-Christina Wiles (MA-HTCA)
Structuring Address: Strategies of Representation and Obligation in Alfredo Jaar’s The Rwanda Project

2:40pm- Respondent: Fiamma Montezemolo

2:50pm-3:15pm Discussion

3:15pm

Conclusions and invitation to reconvene to Café for reception.

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