November 15, 2009
Frederick P. Rose Auditorium
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
41 Cooper Square
New York, NY 10003
http://cooper.edu/events/
Art School (Propositions for the 21st CenturyThree conversations will take place among the panelists, discussing the most pressing issues facing the transmission of cultural knowledge today and for the future. The broad areas of concentration for the conversations are: “Flows of Knowledge, Infections, Temporary States”; “The Usefulness of the Academy, Learning and Doing—or Nobody Asked You to Do Nothing”; and “Social Context and the Role of the Academy in the 21st Century.”
Free admission. Open to the public.
1:00 p.m.
Flows of Knowledge, Infections, Temporary States
Steven Henry Madoff, moderator
Ute Meta Bauer
Thierry de Duve
Boris Groys
Jeffrey Schnapp
Anton Vidokle
2:15 p.m.
The Usefulness of the Academy, Learning and Doing—or Nobody Asked You to Do Nothing
Brian Sholis, moderator
Paul Ramirez Jonas
Matthew Higgs
Shirin Neshat
Dana Schutz
3:30 p.m.
Social Context and the Role of the Academy in the 21st Century
Saskia Bos, moderator
Dennis Adams
Liam Gillick
Hans Haacke
Ernesto Pujol
Charles Renfro
Frederick P. Rose Auditorium
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
41 Cooper Square
New York, NY 10003