Lecture: Art and Community in a Vital, Material World

While their collaborative exhibition Pyrometric is on display at the Kwan Fong Gallery of Art and Culture, Amiko Matsuo and Brad Monsma discuss in a lecture format some of the questions it raises.

 Are things worthy of ethical consideration? How do the disappearing distinctions between human and non-human, living and non-living, shift our notions of community?

With reference to their own work and to that of other artists, Matsuo and Monsma consider how the art of the so-called Material Turn challenges traditional ideas of artistic agency and collaboration to raise questions about the nature of communities and the compass of ethical considerations.

Admission is free. A reception will be held in the gallery following the presentation.