Discussion:  Future Memory

The Goethe-Institut is the cultural institute of the Federal Republic of Germany operating worldwide. For over 45 years, our institute in downtown Chicago has been a place for ideas, education and transatlantic discourse.

Goethe-Institut Chicago

A discussion with interdisciplinary artists Ayanah Moor and Alisha Wormsley.

Moderated by Mechtild Widrich, scholar of contemporary art and architecture. The three will discuss the future of monuments, text as monuments, and black women&#x27;s labor as Afro-Futurists.Ayanah Moor is a conceptual artist whose work explores blackness, gender, desire, and language. She works across various media to create paintings, prints, drawings, and performance. Ayanah Moor earned a BFA at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, and MFA at Tyler School of Art, Temple University in Philadelphia. She is Associate Professor in the printmedia department at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.Alisha B. Wormsley is an interdisciplinary artist and cultural producer. Her work is about collective memory and the synchronicity of time, specifically through the stories of women of color. Wormsley’s work has been honored and supported with a number of awards and grants to support program. Wormsley has an MFA in Film and Video from Bard College and was awarded the Postdoctoral Research fellowship in art at Carnegie Mellon University.Mechtild Widrich&#x27;s research focuses on art in public space, from monuments to performance and activism. She recently co-edited a special issue of the journal Future Anterior, entitled: &quot;Ex Situ. On Moving Monuments&quot;. Widrich is Associate Professor in the art history department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and author of Performative Monuments (2014).Shaping the Past is produced in partnership with the Goethe-Institut, Monument Lab, and the Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (Federal Agency for Civic Education).

Discussion: Future Memory

More events from Goethe-Institut Chicago

Discover more events from Goethe-Institut Chicago, from Community to other experiences you might love.

Discussion: Future Memory

More events from Goethe-Institut Chicago

Discover more events from Goethe-Institut Chicago, from Community to other experiences you might love.

You might also like...

Browse more events with different dates, prices, and formats to find your next great experience.