UCLA Art History Graduate Student Symposium
Distraction: From Shared Condition to Applied Method
We are more distracted than ever by social media, texts, email, and breaking news. This deluge of information can produce a perpetual sense of irresolution and anxiety. In what ways does art historical discourse confront this condition? Is visual culture itself a mode of distraction? How do art institutions facilitate or work against distraction? This cross-disciplinary symposium addresses the aesthetic, historical, social, and political aspects of distraction as a creative tool.
UCLA Department of Art alum Paul M. Sepuya will give the keynote lecture, A Conversation around Pictures. He will present an overview of his practice to date with a focus on ideas about observation, distraction, theatricality, voyeurism, absorption, and exhibitionism.
This event is presented by the Hammer Museum at UCLA, the UCLA Department of Art History, and UCLA Art History Graduate Student Association.
Event Date: Friday, Oct. 25, 10 a.m.–7 p.m.
Venue: Hammer Museum
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The Hammer is located at the corner of Westwood and Wilshire boulevards in Westwood Village, three blocks east of the 405 freeway’s Wilshire exit.
Parking is available under the museum.
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