A two-day symposium and concurrent photographic exhibition in the Lewis Center for the Arts’ Hurley Gallery that will gather photo-based artists, writers, curators, historians, and students to explore the poetics of photography, its instability, and its latent potential.
Cover of Aperture magazine, issue no. 256, guest edited by Deana Lawson, Princeton’s Dorothy Krauklis ’78 Professor of Visual Arts
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. Produced by Mary K. O’Connor with Joe Arnold as gallery preparator for both exhibitions.
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 symposium coincides 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.
Symposium
The symposium will take place on October 10 & 11, 2024, in the Wallace Theater in the Lewis Arts complex on the Princeton University campus.
Admission
The symposium is free; registration required. Limited seating available for the symposium sessions.
To check availability and to register, email Mary O’Connor at oconnorm@princeton.edu.
Symposium Schedule
October 10
11 AM – 12 PM — Kick-off and Introductions
12-1 PM — Lunch
1-3 PM — Panel: “Terraforms” with David Benjamin Sherry, Richard Mosse, and Matthew Schreiber, moderated by Jeff Whetstone
3 PM — Break
3:15-5 PM — Panel: “Image Technologies and Social Control” with An-My Lê, Trevor Paglen, and A.L. Steiner, moderated by Devin Fore
5-6:30 PM — Hurley Gallery/CoLab exhibition openings and reception (open to the public)
7:30-9:30 PM — “Collaborative Histories,” a conversation on contemporary photography at Richardson Auditorium (open to public)
October 11
10-11:30 AM — Presentations by graduate students from various universities
11:30 AM – 1 PM — Panel: “Material Intelligence 1” with Leslie Hewitt and Lisa Sutcliffe
1-2 PM — Lunch
2-3:30 PM — Panel: “Material Intelligence 2” with Jenny Calivas, Sara Cwynar, and Lucy Kim, moderated by Monica Bravo
Exhibitions
An 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. Free and open to the public daily 10 a.m.-8 p.m.
An additional exhibition, Exceed Your Vision, will be on view October 1-30 in the CoLab at Lewis Arts complex curated by James Welling of work by current Princeton students and recent alumni: 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. Free and open to the public daily 10 a.m.-8 p.m.
Public Conversation
A conversation on “Collaborative Histories” will take place at 7:30 p.m. on October 10 at Richardson Auditorium on the Princeton campus. Free and open to the public; no tickets required.
Directions
Get directions to the Lewis Arts complex, located at 122 Alexander Street on the Princeton University campus in Princeton, New Jersey.
Accessibility
The Lewis Arts complex is an accessible venue. Guests in need of other access accommodations are asked to contact the Lewis Center at 609-258-5262 or at LewisCenter@princeton.edu at least one week prior to the event date.
Banner image: Self Portrait While Buried #1, by Jenny Calivas.
