Words Without Pictures Panel Discussion Thursday, September 17, 2009 7:00 pm
FREE
The New School Tishman Auditorium
66 West 12th Street
New York, New York
Aperture Foundation at The New School with the Photography Department at Parsons and the Vera List Center for Art and Politics presents a panel discussion as part of the Confounding Expectations: Photography in Context series. This event is the first in this season's series, celebrating the launch of the innovative Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) book project Words Without Pictures, which documents roughly one year of conversations about the most pressing issues shaping contemporary photography.
Featuring moderator Charlotte Cotton, curator and Head of the Wallis Annenberg Photography Department, LACMA; and panelists Alex Klein, artist and Curatorial Fellow in the Wallis Annenberg Photography Department, LACMA; Matt Keegan, artist and editor of North Drive Press; David Reinfurt, graphic designer and co-founder of Dexter Sinister; and Denise Wolff, Aperture Editor. Plus special guests Fia Backström, Johanna Burton, Melissa Catanese, Sarah
Charlesworth, Moyra Davey, Darius Himes, John Lehr, Miranda Lichtenstein, Arthur Ou, Ed Panar and Laurel Ptak.
Copies of Words Without Pictures will be available for purchase at a special discount.
Our educational programming is generously supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the Henry Nias Foundation, the ASMP Fund, and the Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation.