Robert Trafford: “Forensic Architecture: Art and Activism Against State Violence”
University of Oregon Visiting Artist Lecture Series Presented by the Department of Art and Center for Art Research Robert Trafford: “Forensic Architecture: Art and Activism Against State Violence” Monday, February 26, 4:00 p.m. Lawrence Hall, Room 115, 1190 Franklin Boulevard, Eugene, OR Lectures are also live streamed and the videos are archived on YouTube. Since 2011, the Forensic Architecture (FA) research agency has investigated state violence and human rights violations around the world, contributing to a new understanding of the possibility for investigative practices in civil society, merging aesthetic sensibilities, investigative reporting, activism, and innovative digital technologies towards a unique approach to challenging crimes and cover-ups by states, militaries, and police. Following the group’s contribution to a newly-opened exhibition at the Portland Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA) in Portland in February, Robert Trafford will begin from the investigations...
Visiting Artist Lecture: Julian Watts
University of Oregon Visiting Artist Lecture Series Presented by the Department of Art and Center for Art Research Julian Watts: “Exploring the Intersection of Art, Craft, and Design Through Contemporary Woodcarving” Thursday, March 7, 4:00 p.m. Lawrence Hall, Room 115, 1190 Franklin Boulevard, Eugene, OR Lectures are also live streamed and the videos are archived on YouTube. Julian Watts combines traditional woodcarving techniques with an experimental sculptural approach to explore the formal and conceptual intersections between the human body, the landscape, and the functional objects that we interact with every day. This approach has continued to evolve, expanding to incorporate an entire ecosystem of abstract, biomorphic wood and bronze works, ranging from bowls, to furniture, to largescale, purely sculptural pieces. Watts’ organic, open ended approach to woodcarving embraces a space of playful ambiguity, where the viewer is free to find poetic and unexpected associations between...
Jesse Harrod: “Artist Talk” ; Visiting Artist Lecture Series
University of Oregon Visiting Artist Lecture Series Presented by the Department of Art and Center for Art Research Jesse Harrod: “Artist Talk” Thursday, February 22, 4:00 p.m. Lawrence Hall, Room 115, 1190 Franklin Boulevard, Eugene, OR Lectures are also live streamed and the videos are archived on YouTube. Jesse Harrod is an artist whose practice explores embodiment, gender, and sexual identity. Working with multiple media forms and materials, Harrod's work builds on herstories of 1970s feminist art to offer queer imaginations of the body, from the abject and the grotesque to the humorous. Her practice most centrally contributes to a broader collective effort to redefine the meaning of queer aesthetic form. Harrod’s work has been exhibited in numerous exhibitions throughout the United States and internationally. Harrod is represented by Fleisher Ollman Gallery in Philadelphia.
Alfredo Jaar: “Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness” – Visiting Artist Lecture
University of Oregon Visiting Artist Lecture Series Presented by the Department of Art and Center for Art Research Alfredo Jaar: “Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness” Wednesday, February 21, 4:00 p.m. Lawrence Hall, Room 115, 1190 Franklin Boulevard, Eugene, OR Lectures are also live streamed and the videos are archived on YouTube. Alfredo Jaar will present recent works realized around the world. Jaar is an artist, architect, and filmmaker based in New York. His work has been shown extensively around the world. Over seventy-five monographic publications have been published about his work. A Guggenheim and MacArthur Fellow, he received the Hiroshima Art Prize in 2018 and the Hasselblad Award in 2020. This lecture is part of the “Policing Justice Lecture Series” co-presented by the Department of Art and the Department of the History of Art and Architecture and co-sponsored in part by the Oregon Humanities Center Endowment for Public Outreach in the Arts, Sciences, and Humanities Fund in...
