Past as Prologue: Time, History and the Visual Arts
The University of Arizona School of Art Visiting Artist and Scholar Series, 2010-2011
Ken Gonzales-Day
Thursday, September 23, 2010, 5:30 PM | Center for Creative Photography 108
Ursula Von Rydingsvard
Thursday, October 28, 2010, 5:30 PM | Center for Creative Photography 108
Jean Shin
Monday, November 15, 2010, 5:30 PM | Center for Creative Photography 108
Amelia Jones
Monday, January 31, 2011, 5:30 PM | Center for Creative Photography 108
John Tagg
Monday, February 28, 2011, 5:30 PM | Center for Creative Photography 108
David Pagel
Monday, March 28, 2011, 5:30 PM | Center for Creative Photography 108
Kevin Tavin
Monday, April 18, 2011, 5:30 PM | Center for Creative Photography 108
As the 21st century has gotten underway, we have seen a simultaneous fascination with looking back, via national cultural memory projects and individual personal archiving practices, as well as with the sustainability of our present in the future, as scientific developments have made all too apparent the fragility of our climate, our planet, and our local ecosystems. Ultimately, both tendencies reveal the most critical visual arts practices of our day to stand not alone, but as fundamentally entwined with the cultural, economic, social, scientific, and pedagogic concerns of our time.