Emory Arts & Social Justice Project Showcase and Community Conversation
Overview
Join the Arts & Social Justice Program for the annual showcase event highlighting collaborations between artists and faculty pairings featuring Atlanta artists: Aurielle Marie, Kiara Gilbert, Nabil Ahmed, and Shernā Ann Phillips (Dr. Nae) and their Emory/Spelman faculty and student counterparts over the Fall semester . Experience artist and student made artwork that address social justice issues impacting our city. Light refreshments will be provided. This event is free and open to the public.
Additional Programming
In addition to course-based presentations, attendees are invited to view Repossessions at the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art and SwitchCodes #3, a collaborative performance series by T. Lang (Associate Professor and founding Chair of Dance Performance & Choreography, Spelman) and Adam Mirza (Assistant Professor of Composition, Emory). T. Lang and Adam Mirza were the inaugural ASJ faculty collaborators bridging Emory and Spelman.
Student Transportation
Complimentary rideshare transportation will be available for Emory students traveling between campus and the venue. Please indicate in your registration if you need transportation assistance.
Meeting Point: Woodruff Circle
Walk-ins are welcome as space permits. Please arrive at the designated pickup time—late arrivals may forfeit their transportation and risk missing part of the event.
Questions?
Please email us at asj@emory.edu.
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Highlights
- 3 hours
- In person
- Paid parking
Location
407 Westview Dr SW
407 Westview Drive Southwest
Atlanta, GA 30310
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The Consciousness of the Digital Landscape: Works on Visual Power and Agency
What makes a work of art human in an age of AI and visual manipulation. How do we make sense of contemporary visual culture when authorship and “truth” are increasingly difficult to discern? And how can we reorient our engagement with images towards the labor and material impact of their production? These are some of the questions students in Visual Culture explored not just conceptually but also through their own art projects. This exhibition features a selection of the works they created, including on propaganda and parody, and invites visitors to create their own!
Opening Remarks
Unthinking: AI, Society, and the Self
Shadow Puppetry Performance. This project is a collaboratively created performance by the students of SOC 221 (Culture and Society), instructed by Dr. Sonal Nalkur. It explores how AI is reshaping the way we think, connect, and define ourselves. Drawing on Marx, Weber, and Durkheim, the play examines the tension between human consciousness and machine intelligence. Through dialogue, humor, and moments of shadow theatre, students bring sociological theory to life while questioning what happens when technology begins to think for us. The play's script was collaboratively written by the sudents and the co-directors, Emma Yarbrough and Dr. Nabil Ahmed.
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Emory Arts and Social Justice Fellows Program
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