Upcoming Events

Adel Abdessemed:  Situation and Practice
Public Education Programs:

Exhibition Opening Reception:  Friday, October 10, 2008 from 6–8PM
Conversation with artist Adel Abdessemed and curator Jane Farver
Friday, October 10, 5:30PM, 45 Carleton Street, MIT Bldg. E25, Room 111

Friday, October 24, 7:00PM, Bartos Theatre
Lecture and book-signing with Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky that Subliminal Kid
In Sound Unbound (MIT Press, 2008), Miller, author of Rhythm Science, asks
thirty-six artists to describe their work and compositional strategies. Contributors
include: Pierre Boulez, Dick Hebdige, Beryl Korot, Moby, Hans Ulrich Obrist,
Pauline Oliveros, Philippe Parreno, Ibrahim Quraishi, and Steve Reich. Miller's
lecture will feature historic texts, rare audio recordings, and films, to demonstrate
the complex relationship between text and art in a multimedia context.

The 2008 Max Wasserman Forum on Contemporary Art
Eastern Europe Today and the Role of Art in Times of Change
Friday, November 14 & Saturday, November 15
This year’s forum will present screenings and discussions to consider the role
of art and culture after two decades of rapid and tumultuous political, social,
economic, and cultural changes in Eastern Europe. Schedule TBD.

Algeria in France— a talk by Paul Silverstein
Thursday, December 11, 7PM, Bartos Theatre
Silverstein, associate professor of anthropology at Reed College and Carnegie
Scholar, is author of Algeria in France: Transpolitics, Race and Nation (Indiana,
2004) and will discuss the complex relationship of Algeria to France, focusing
on the lives of Algerian immigrants in contemporary French culture.

Gallery Talks

Wednesday, October 15, 12:30PM        Bill Arning, LVAC Curator

Saturday, October 18, 2PM                   Bill Arning

Wednesday, October 22, 12:30PM        Jane Farver, LVAC Director

Wednesday, November 5, 12:30PM      Jane Farver

Thursday, November 6, 6PM                 Bill Arning

Wednesday, November 19, 12:30PM    Mark Linga, LVAC Educator

Wednesday, December 10, 12:30PM    Mark Linga

Saturday, December 20, 2PM               Mark Linga

MIT Public Art Tour
Saturday, October 11, 12PM; Rain date–Sunday, October 12, 12PM
Check listart.mit.edu for weather updates. Tour departs from LVAC galleries.

Film Screening
Thursday, October 23, 7:30PM, Bartos Theatre
Battle of Algiers, directed by Gillo Pontecorvo, (Italy/Algeria, 1966, 121 min.)

LVAC Film Nights, organized by John Gianvito

Thursday, November 13, Bartos Theatre, 7:30PM
Pierre Bourdieu: Sociology is a Martial Art, directed by Pierre Carles,
(France, 2002, 146 min.)

Friday, December 5, Bartos Theatre, 7:30PM
Chronicle of the Years of Embers, directed by Mohamed Lakhdar-Hamina,
(Algeria, 1975, 175 min.)