This exhibition is presented as part of Poetic Record: Photography in a Transformed World, a two-day symposium that gathers photo-based artists, writers, curators, historians, and students to explore the poetics of photography, its instability, and its latent potential.
The exhibition is curated by James Welling, Lecturer with the Rank of Professor of Visual Arts at Princeton University.
Featuring work by recent Princeton 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.
Exhibition Photos
Photo by Jon Sweeney
Photo by Jon Sweeney
Photo by Jon Sweeney
Photo by Jon Sweeney
Photo by Jon Sweeney
Exhibition Admission & Details
The exhibition is on view from October 1-30, 2024, in the CoLab. Gallery hours: Open daily 10 AM – 8 PM. Free and open to the public; no reservations required.
Opening reception held on October 10 from 5-6:30 PM in the CoLab. Free and open to the public.
Directions
Get directions to the CoLab, located on the Forum level of the Lewis Arts complex at 122 Alexander Street in Princeton, NJ.
Accessibility
The CoLab is an accessible venue. Visit our Venues and Studios section for accessibility information about the arts complex. Guests in need of other access accommodations are asked to contact the Lewis Center at LewisCenter@princeton.edu at least one week prior to 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.
Organizers & Sponsors
Cover of Aperture magazine, issue no. 256, guest edited by Deana Lawson, Princeton’s Dorothy Krauklis ’78 Professor of Visual Arts
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.
This is a Princeton Humanities Council Magic Project funded through a David A. Garner ’69 Magic Grant and presented by the Lewis Center for the Arts. The symposium is cosponsored by Princeton’s Collaboratorium for Radical Aesthetics and Council on Science and Technology.
The events 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 Poetic Record: Photography in a Transformed World.
Banner image: Self Portrait While Buried #1, by Jenny Calivas.
