Art & Science Transdisciplinary Lectures: Nina Katchadourian, Artist
Tuesday, September 21, 6pm
Kellen Auditorium, Johnson Design Center, 66 Fifth Avenue
Free; no tickets or reservations required; seating is first-come first-served
A new initiative organized by Parsons’ School of Art, Media, and Technology, this lecture series captures the increasingly transdisciplinary nature of scientific, academic, artistic, and cultural practices. Clustered around specific subjects such as geophysics, system theory, economics, and the physics of time, the lectures are presented in thematic pairs one week apart from each other . Members of The New School’s acclaimed faculty alternate with external scholars, experts, and artists. All lectures are open to the public.
Nina Katchadourian’s work often examines the relationship between the human and natural worlds and questions our assumptions about those two terms. Katchadourian discusses her older works (e.g., Mended Spiderwebs, Natural Car Alarms, and Animal Crossdressing) to provide background for the artist’s most recent animal-oriented piece: a multi-channel video and sound environment entitled Zoo. Shot in zoos all around the world between 2001 and 2008 (and ongoing), Zoo asks what we desire from and what we project onto the animal-human relationship.
Nina Katchadourian’s lecture follows a talk by anthropologist Laurel Braitman on September 14, also focusing on human-animal relationships.
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