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Rachel Berger (Graphic Design faculty), Materiality of Resistance Symposium (March 7–8, 2024).
Materiality of Resistance Symposium - Day 2: March 8, 2024
The Nave Presentation Space, 1111 Eighth Street (unless otherwise noted)
Registration and coffee
9:15–9:45 am
Welcome, Land Acknowledgment, and Re-Opening Reflection
9:50–10 am
- , Professor and Dean of Design at CCA
- Elizabeth Mangini, Professor and Chair of History of Art & Visual Culture at CCA
Panel IV: Material Interventions into the Landscape
10–11:30 am
Moderated by: William Littmann
- Elizabeth Fair, “Recarving a Cultural Landscape: Inscriptions at the Angel Island Immigration Stationâ€
- Eloise Seda, “On Shifting Sands: Land and Image in Mariana Ramos Ortiz’s Playgrounds and Caña Gorda.â€
- Silvia Bottinelli, “The Materiality of Landscape: Critiquing Lawns through Edible Gardens in Contemporary American Artâ€
- Genevieve Hyacinthe, “Unearthing Elizabeth’s Rebel Hillside Fecundity: Thoughts on Crucian Sister–Land Bonds in the Work of La Vaughn Belleâ€
Roundtable II: Architecture & Design Roundtable
11:45–12:45 pm
Panelists:
- , Associate Professor, Graphic Design
- , Associate Professor, Architecture
- , Chair and Associate Professor, Graduate Architecture
- , Professor, Furniture Program
- , Faculty, MFA Design
Panel V: Data & Communication
1:30-2:45 pm
Moderated by:
- Charlotte G. Chin Greene, “Martin's End: Image-Makers in the Age of Artificial Intelligenceâ€
- Kitty Whittell, “‘Modelling Big Data’: A Portrait of a Userâ€
- Natalie Pellolio, “The Open Letter: Félix González-Torres and the Materiality of Communicationâ€
Panel VI: Transmission of Culture & Memory
3:15–4:45 pm
Moderated by:
- Tess McCoy, “Unbroken Connections: Customary Materials in Contemporary Alaska Native Artâ€
- Danielle Ridolfi, “Layers of Power: 19th Century Scrapbooks as Complex Sites of Material Resistance in the Industrialized Ageâ€
- Thomas Michael Pierce-Reyes, “Protests from Latino Arts: San Francisco’s Mission Districtâ€
- Nilgun Bayraktar, “Spectral Sounds, Alien Landscapes in Bogota: Listening to Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Memoria (2021)â€
Creative Citizens in Action Exhibition Reception
4:45–5:30 pm in the Nave
Celebrate work created by CCA students in response to the symposium’s theme. This event is funded by an endowment gift supporting The Deborah and Kenneth Novack Creative Citizens Series at CCA, an annual series of public programs focused on creative activism.
Closing Performance & Workshop
5:30–7 pm
The performance is funded by an endowment gift to support The Deborah and Kenneth Novack Creative Citizens Series at CCA, an annual series of public programs focused on creative activism.
Brought to you by History of Art & Visual Culture at CCA & Terra Foundation for American Art
Materiality of Resistance Symposium