The Colors of the Brain: April 18 & 19

In collaboration with the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP) of Columbia University and Studio Olafur Eliasson, this three-part program reviews and critiques contemporary cultural theories of color that have emerged from artistic and scientific practice. The program follows a progressive, three-platform model, each session taking place at a distinct venue associated with what could be understood as the "production of reality": the museum, the university, and the artist's atelier. Discussions and presentations will seek to build a contemporary epistemology of color based on current and recent artistic and scientific experiments and cognitive research on color perception, with an emphasis on the role that color plays in the physical environment. The MoMA portion of the event (Friday, April 18) features Klaus Biesenbach, Chief Curator of Media, and Roxana Marcoci, Curator, Department of Photography, The Museum of Modern Art, and organizers of the exhibition; Barry Bergdoll, The Philip Johnson Chief Curator of Architecture and Design, MoMA; and Olafur Eliasson in conversation with Mark Wigley, Dean, GSAAP, Columbia University. The Friday evening session at the Museum will be followed by a day-long symposium at Columbia University. The subsequent session at Studio Olafur Eliasson in Berlin will be webcast live in May 2008.

Friday, April 18, 2008, 6pm (Sold out)
MoMA, Theater 2 (The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 2), T2
http://www.moma.org/calendar/events.php?id=7387&ref=calendar
Note: Though tickets are no longer available, audio should be posted here following the event.

Saturday, April 19, 2008 10:00 a.m.
Columbia University GSAPP
No reservations are required. For location and event details, please visit www.arch.columbia.edu/events

Friday, May 9, 2008
Webcast from Berlin