Cover of Aperture magazine, issue no. 256, guest edited by Deana Lawson, Princeton’s Dorothy Krauklis ’78 Professor of Visual Arts
This conversation event has been canceled.
A conversation on contemporary photography presented as part of Poetic Record: Photography in a Transformed World, a two-day symposium and exhibition that gathers photo-based artists, writers, curators, historians, and students to explore the poetics of photography, its instability, and its latent potential.
The symposium, and exhibition coincide with the Fall 2024 issue of Aperture magazine, “Arrhythmic Mythic Ra,” an issue that refracts themes of family, social history, and the astrophysical through the eyes of guest editor Deana Lawson and features many of the artists included in the Poetic Record events.
Admission & Details
The conversation is free and open to the public; no tickets required.
Directions
Get directions to Richardson Auditorium, located in Alexander Hall on the Princeton University campus.
Accessibility
Richardson Auditorium is an accessible venue with assistive listening devices available. Guests in need of other access accommodations are invited to contact the Lewis Center at 609-258-5262 or email LewisCenter@princeton.edu at least one week in advance of the event date.
Poetic Record: Related Events
The Poetic Record: Photography in a Transformed World symposium will take place on October 10 & 11, 2024, in the Wallace Theater in the Lewis Arts complex on the Princeton University campus. View symposium details
A companion Poetic Record exhibition will be on view October 1 – December 5 in the Hurley Gallery at the Lewis Arts complex co-curated by Deana Lawson and Michael Famighetti, editor-in-chief of Aperture magazine. The 23 artists exhibiting are: David Benjamin Sherry, Jenny Calivas, Sara Cwynar, Seiichi Furuya, Paul Graham, Balarama Heller, Arthur Jafa, Liz Johnston Artur, Deana Lawson, Ken Light, Sally Mann, Louis Mendes, Boris Mikhailov, Richard Mosse, Trevor Paglen, Lucy Raven, Stefan Ruiz, Matthew Schreiber, Allan Sekula, Lieko Shiga, Taryn Simon, James Welling, and Jeff Whetstone. Gallery hours: Open daily 10 AM – 8 PM. Free and open to the public.
An additional exhibition, Exceed Your Vision, will be on view October 1-30 in the CoLab at the Lewis Arts complex. Curated by James Welling, the exhibition features work by current Princeton students and recent alumni including Max Diallo Jakobsen, Benji Freeman, Pauli King, Sydney Mieko King, Erin Macanze, Lane Marsh, Lauren Olson, Kristen Pardo, Collin Riggins, Luke Shannon, and Titi Sodimu. Gallery hours: Open daily 10 AM – 8 PM. Free and open to the public.
Organizers & Sponsors
Poetic Record: Photography in a Transformed World is organized by Deana Lawson, Princeton University’s Dorothy Krauklis ’78 Professor of Visual Arts, in collaboration with Jeff Whetstone, Director of the Program in Visual Arts, and James Welling, Lecturer with the Rank of Professor of Visual Arts.
The symposium is cosponsored by Princeton’s Collaboratorium for Radical Aesthetics and Council on Science and Technology and is supported in part by a Princeton Humanities Council David A. Gardner ’69 Magic Project grant.
The events coincides with the fall issue of Aperture magazine, “Arrhythmic Mythic Ra,” an issue that refracts themes of family, social history, and the astrophysical through the eyes of guest editor Deana Lawson and features many of the artists included in Poetic Record: Photography in a Transformed World.
Banner image: Self-Portrait While Buried #1, by Jenny Calivas.
