Presents visiting artists Renata Stih + Frieder Schnock “Spectral Traces: The Dark Spaces of Berlin” Tuesday, March 16, 5-7 p.m., Hillcrest Dining Hall, Virginia Tech Campus.
Renata Stih + Frieder Schnock, Berlin conceptual artists discuss their artistic work and the politics of memory in past and present. The interwoven layers of past and present have turned Berlin into a vast case study on how to deal with memory and history in a democratic society.
Projects discussed include: Places of Remembrance, Bus Stop, Flick in Berlin, followed by Q & A.
Artist Statement: “Our art is principally devoted to the ways in which the introduction of new media have brought about new modes of seeing and experiencing one’s surroundings and to the possibilities of exerting psychological influence through the intrusion of art into the sphere of everyday life. The work has been shaped by studies about how memory functions in the social sphere and how it is reflected symbolically in the space of the city.”
SPONSORS
School of Visual Arts (SOVA) Visiting Artist Program
Collaboration for Creative Technologies in Art & Design (CCTAD)
Alliance of Social, Political, Ethical and Cultural Theory (ASPECT)
CLAHS Humanities Symposium Award
School Of Public and International Affairs (SPIA)
College Of Architecture and Urban Studies (CAUS)
University Honors
Foreign Languages and Literature
Humanities Program
College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences (CLAHS)
This lecture is part of a two day event sponsored by the Blacksburg Museum. For more information contact Karen Till at ktill@vt.edu.