BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory//NONSGML Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://ahva.ubc.ca/events/event/ X-WR-CALDESC:Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory - Events BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20211030T0552Z-1635573154.0159-EO-21713-37@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260915T200505Z CREATED:20161118T215128Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210816T200801Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20080115T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20080115T210000 SUMMARY: Wang Janwei — JCI Lecture DESCRIPTION: Part of the Joan Carlisle – Irving Lecture Series 2007-2008\; Being Pacific: Place\, Space\, and Identity. Wang Jianwei\, based in Beijin g\, is one of China’s best-known conceptual artists. He creates video works \, from documentary-style productions to participant-observer projects to m ore theatrical efforts\, often exploring the relationships of power within China’s changing social and economic landscape. […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Part of the Joan Carlisle - Irving Lecture Series 2007-2008\; Being Pacific: Place\, Space\, and Identity.

Wang Jianwei\, based in Beijing\, is one of China's best-known conceptual artists. He creates video works\, from documentary-style produc tions to participant-observer projects to more theatrical efforts\, often e xploring the relationships of power within China's changing social and econ omic landscape. Jan 15-16 2008.

These lectures delve into trans-Pacif ic communication\, collaboration\, cultural negotiation\, and beyond. The P acific is not a void\, but a shared\, liminal space on which we build our p latform for communication. It is our hope to use this lecture series to ide ntify where we are and who we are - A Northwest American community with div ersified cultures and identities situated within the larger cultural networ ks of the world.

Public Lecture - Tuesday January 15th\, 7pm\, Lasser re 104
Graduate Seminar - Wednesday January 16\, 9am\, Dorothy Somerse t Studio 109

Upcoming JCI Lectures

HOU HANRU i s an internationally renowned critic/curator of contemporary Chinese art an d Director of Exhibitions/Public Programs at the San Francisco Art Institut e. Hou was recently appointed artistic director of the 10th International I stanbul Biennial and curator of the Chinese Pavilion at the Venice Biennial of 2007. Feb 5– 6 2008

DANA LEIBSOHN\, Assoc. Prof. of Art History a nd Latin American Studies at Smith College\, is known for her work in the i ndigenous visual culture of colonial Latin America\, particularly maps and modes of literacy as well as trade between China and Mexico in the 17th-18t h centuries. Mar 18-19 2008

AKIRA MIZUTA LIPPIT\, Prof. of Comparativ e Lit.\, East Asian Languages/Cultures and Cinema-Television at USC\, speci alizes in the history/theory of cinema\, world literature\, Japanese film/c ulture\, and visual cultural studies. Lippit's books include Atomic Light ( Shadow Optics) and Electric Animal: Toward a Rhetoric of Wildlife. Oct 2008

Organizers:  Gu Xiong and Hsingyuan Tsao\, Dept of Art History\, Vis ual Art\, and Theory\, UBC.

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