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THE AESTHETICS OF TOMORROW
DATE: OCTOBER 11, 2018
TIME: 6:00 PM RECEPTION | 6:30 PM DIALOGUE
LOCATION: SENATE THEATER, 6424 Michigan Ave, Detroit
We use our visionary abilities to imagine, design, and create a better world. Historically, art has been defined by its allegiance to and rebellion from classical ideals of beauty, often in pursuit of mythology, structure, and pleasure. As we navigate an era where virtual reality challenges our concepts of authenticity, artificial intelligence calls into question what it means to be human, political and ecological systems place the body in a state of crisis, and the disavowal of science continues–we have to ask: how is technology shaping the future and what is the role of beauty in those processes?
PARTICIPANTS
Mark Pauline, Performance Artist, Founder and Inventor of Survival Research Laboratories
Eyal Weizman, Architect, Director of Forensic Architecture
Anicka Yi, Conceptual Artist
MODERATOR
Yesomi Umolu, Artistic Director of the 2019 Chicago Architecture Biennial and Exhibitions Curator at the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, University of Chicago
SPECIAL GUEST
Dr. Peter Weller, Art Historian and Robocop Title Role
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SEEING AND BEING SEEN
DATE: OCTOBER 12, 2018
TIME: 6:00 PM RECEPTION | 6:30 PM DIALOGUE
LOCATION: CHURCH OF THE MESSIAH, 231 E Grand Blvd, Detroit
The allocation of power, formation of communities, and the shape of our individual identities exemplify the unquestionable force of aesthetics. Understanding the potential energy intrinsic to aesthetics of representation, especially as those notions serve to define a set of "ideals", we look to a global community of artists, writers, and cultural critics to visualize and redefine modes of recognition and social engagement--to help us see new ways of being in the world.
PARTICIPANTS
dream hampton, Filmmaker, Writer, Organizer
Juliana Huxtable, Conceptual Artist, Writer, Performer, and Musician
Amy Sherald, Painter
MODERATOR
Jazmine Hughes, Associate Editor for The New York Times Magazine
SPECIAL GUEST
Rev. Barry Randolph, The Church of the Messiah, Detroit
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This year’s program is made possible through support from:
JOHN S. AND JAMES L. KNIGHT FOUNDATION
GRETCHEN AND ETHAN DAVIDSON
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