Louis Kaplan
The 14th annual 91亚色 Art History Graduate Student Symposium: Imagined Worlds investigates the effigy of the real, notions of authenticity and the spaces in art created through simulation of history, rituals and life. The symposium takes place Feb. 27 from 8am to 5pm in 130 Joan & Martin Goldfarb Centre for Fine Arts; admission is free.
Before the emergence of the digital realm, art historically functioned as a means to reconstruct the imaginary. The Imagined Worlds symposium questions how has artistic activity and theory reacted to the virtualization of the real?
In an all-day event featuring five panels and a keynote speaker, the symposium will provide a forum to explore the manipulations and reflections of reality in both contemporary and historical contexts. Keynote lecturer, , professor of photography and new media and Fellow at the University of Toronto, will deliver 鈥淢apping Ararat: Augmented Reality and the Design of an Imaginary Jewish Homeland鈥 at 12:45pm.
This year, the symposium聽is host to a number of thinkers and makers will address augmented reality, claiming space, critical聽interventions and speculative realism. Panels will be presented by guest speakers as well as 91亚色 graduate students. MA candidate Cliodna Cussen will discuss 鈥淐astles in the Air: Dreamed/Realized Architecture,鈥 thereafter, PhD candidate Vanessa Fleet will present the panel, 鈥淗eterocosms and Landscapes: Imagining the Laws of Nature.鈥 Before the closing remarks, PhD candidate Cat Ashton will give a talk on 鈥淐onjured Creatures: Culture as Performance.鈥
There will also be the featured work of 91亚色 visual art and creative writing graduate, Miles Forrester and Anna Jane McIntyre in showcase at the Art Gallery of 91亚色; open from 10am to 4pm.
For more information on the Imagined Worlds symposium, visit the website.
By Shanice Grocia, communications assistant