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Aesthetic Justice Seminar

Carlos Motta and Josué Euceda. Resistance and Repression, 2010.

 

Provisions Library and Lambent Foundation are pleased to invite you to attend our upcoming  Aesthetic Justice Seminar, curated by Thomas Keenan and Niels Van Tomme.

SAVE THE DATE:
Saturday, May 14th 10:00 AM – 6 PM
Las Americas Conference Center
Hispanic Federation
55 Exchange Place, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10005

The seminar is organized within the framework of Provisions’s current Aesthetic Justice exhibition at Lambent Foundation, which features the works of Alyse Emdur, Rajkamal Kahlon, Carlos Motta, and Larissa Sansour.

The seminar will stage a number of thought-provoking dialogues between the artists in the exhibition and renowned human rights practitioners, scholars, writers, and journalists. Our aim is to explore the intersections between artistic practices and the field of human rights, and to discuss implications for the notion and practice of justice.

The participants:

Alyse Emdur
Rajkamal Kahlon
Carlos Motta
Larissa Sansour

- Sam Gregory, Witness
- Daniel Karpowitz, Bard Prison Initiative
Amitava Kumar, writer and journalist
- Todd Lester, freeDimensional

- Shannon Brunette, Lambent Foundation
- Thomas Keenan, Human Rights Project, Bard College
- Niels Van Tomme, Provisions Learning Project

RSVP required HERE. Seating is limited.