Graduating BA + MA scholars present portions of their theses in a moderated symposium, followed by a live Q&A. Please tune in to SFAI’s YouTube channel (hnMvV5Wo1go), or watch below.
EVENT SCHEDULE
Welcome by Claire Daigle, Director of MA and Dual Degree Programs
SESSION 1 | 10AM–12:30PM
Whitney Humphreys (MA/MFA, History and Theory of Contemporary Art/Studio Art, 2020)
Gendered Machines
T Shell (MA/MFA, History and Theory of Contemporary Art/Studio Art, 2020)
Fragile Contains Feelings--Public Intimacies: The Stressed Body in Contemporary Performance Art
Sami Cutrona (MA/MFA, History and Theory of Contemporary Art/Studio Art, 2020)
Queering Representation: Abstraction and Autonomy
Blanca Bercial García-Bayllo (MA, History and Theory of Contemporary Art, 2020)
Listening to the Inframince—An Artistic Sensibility to Listen to the Liminal Crossings of Sound
Followed by Q&A with Nicole Archer, Assistant Professor, Art and Design Montclair State University
BREAK | 12:30PM–1PM
SESSION 2 | 1PM–3PM
John James Hartford V (MA/MFA, History and Theory of Contemporary Art/Studio Art, 2020)
Bloom & Decay: Beyond Opulence
Sophia Cook (MA/MFA, History and Theory of Contemporary Art/Studio Art, 2020)
Haunted Houses: Mike Kelley, David Ireland, and Alex Da Corte at Home
Seraphina Lorenz Perkins (BA, History and Theory of Contemporary Art, 2020)
Race Mixedness and American Folk Art
Henry Chambers (MA/MFA, History and Theory of Contemporary Art/Studio Art, 2020)
Anonymous Activist Artist Collectives and Occupation of Space through Remnants of a Performative Assembly
Followed by Q&A with Nicole Archer
BREAK | 3PM–3:30PM
SESSION 3 | 3:30PM–5:30PM
Merve Sahin (MA, History and Theory of Contemporary Art, 2020)
A Case Study on Harold Cohen
Yang Bao (MA, Exhibition and Museum Studies, 2020)
The Powerful and the Powerless: The Struggle of Social Practice Art in Mainland China
Giuliana Funkhouser (MA/MFA, History and Theory of Contemporary Art/Studio Art, Art & Technology, 2020)
Software for Vibrating Bodies: Scores in Sympathetic Translation
Followed by Q&A with Nicole Archer
Closing Remarks + Thanks by Claire Daigle
