Lightning Lectures on Fictions
Date and time
Location
Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design
Mary Harris Auditorium 1600 PIERCE ST Lakewood, CO 80214Description
In celebration of Fall 2018 Welcome Week the VASD Program and the Office of Student Life invites you to see RMCAD staff give 5 minute playful and energetic presentations inspired by the upcoming VASD Program series theme, Fictions. Lunch will be provided. The entire RMCAD community is encouraged to join us!
Presenters:
Mel Kern (Student Life Coordinator + Alumna)
Owen Fraser (Technical Support Coordinator + Alumnus)
Kyle Hossli (Foundations/Fine Arts Faculty)
Cherly Gaddie (Interior Design Faculty)
Justin Beard (Facilities + Alumnus)
Can't attend in person? Watch the live stream here.
About the Fictions Series
The 2018/19 VASD Program Fictions lecture series investigates the complicated relationship between contemporary artists and veracity. In broad swathes of contemporary life and culture, notions of shared, objective, empirical truths are currently being challenged and blurred in new ways. However, there is a long and rich history of artworks that intentionally mislead, obfuscate, and falsify. In the context of art, these illusions are tolerated, permitted, even expected and desired and often wield the hoax as an instrument for truth. This series explores what it means to create and revel in imagined and simulated worlds, uncanny characters, and magical actions, at a time when the slippage between truth and fiction muddles modern life.
Organized by
The Visiting Artist, Scholar, and Designer (VASD) Program explores critical, diverse, and creative inquiry. This interdisciplinary initiative enriches the academic experience at RMCAD and engages communities in the Denver metro area and beyond. Learn more at our website.