March 17–18, 2016
California Institute of the Arts (CalArts)
REDCAT
631 W. 2nd St
Los Angeles, CA 90012
www.immigration-art-critique-process.com
In this two-day symposium on art and immigration, leading creative and critical voices come together to move the discussion beyond the territorialization of identity, and focus instead on the dynamic, ongoing processes that continually refashion our common social fabric. Featuring artist presentations and performances, film screenings, lectures and a series of Q&A sessions, the symposium examines the creative endeavor in multiple, simultaneous vectors of collective becoming, and the potentialities in our mutual entanglements and reciprocal imaginaries of the future. Also under examination are issues of biopolitics and the impact of the climate crisis on global migration. Presenters include critical theorist Claire Colebrook; virtual reality and immersive journalism pioneer Nonny de la Peña; cultural critics and curators Kency Cornejo, Jennifer Doyle, Ruth Estévez, Michael Ned Holte, Ricardo Roque Baldovinos, Tyler Stallings and Pilar Tompkins Rivas; and artists Nao Bustamante, Rafa Esparza, Regina José Galindo, Harry Gamboa Jr., Louis Hock, Chico MacMurtrie, Ronald Morán, Yoshua Okón and Javier Toscano.
Thursday, March 17
4–4:30pm
Opening remarks: James Wiltgen
4:30–6:30pm
Performance: Regina José Galindo, Rafa Esparza, Nao Bustamante
6:30–7:30pm
Border Crossers: Chico MacMurtrie
7:30–8:30pm
Reception
8:30pm
Documentary:Frontera: A Sketch for the Creation of a Future Society (77 minutes, 2014), a project by Laboratorio 060 Direction: Lourdes Morales, Javier Toscano, Iván Lomelí
Followed by a Q&A with: Ruth Estevez and Javier Toscano
Friday, March 18
10:30–11am
Opening remarks: Beatriz Cortez
11am–12:30pm
Cultural Critique: Michael Ned Holte, Kency Cornejo, Ricardo Roque Baldovinos
2–3:30pm
Curatorial Practices: Tyler Stallings, Pilar Tompkins Rivas, Jennifer Doyle
4–5pm
Virtual Reality: Use of Force (2014) by Nonny de la Peña
Followed by a Q&A with Nonny de la Peña
5:30–7:30pm
Visual Art: Louis Hock, Ronald Morán, Yoshua Okón, Harry Gamboa Jr.
7:30–8:30pm
Reception
8:30pm
Keynote: Claire Colebrook “Scale and Refuge”
Tickets available at redcat.org
About the MA Aesthetics and Politics Program
The MA Aesthetics and Politics Program offers a one-year degree that encourages interrogations of the arts and politics in an expanded field. Students specialize in Critical Theory, Global Studies, or Media and Urban Studies and get up close and personal with key contemporary artists and thinkers, including next year’s visiting faculty member Santiago Zabala and theorist-in-residence Lauren Berlant.
We are currently accepting applications for Fall 2016. Financial aid packages are available in the form of scholarships, grants, and teaching assistantships.
For general questions, or to schedule an information session, please contact Admissions Counselor Seth Blake at [email protected] or +1 661 253 7716.
