SITE Santa Fe Lecture Series

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On Saturday, July 7, 2012, SITE Santa Fe kicked off the Biennial More Real? Art in the Age of Truthiness exhibition with an Artist Discussion Panel. Moderated by Liz Armstrong, Curator of More Real? and Curator of Contemporary Art for the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, the panel discussion features artists Franco and Eva Mattes, Zoe Beloff, Mark Dion and Jonn Herschend discussing the ”truthiness” of their exhibits. Podcast: Download (Duration:

Contemporary Art In Context Presenter: Laura Steward Podcast: Download (Duration: 32:30 — 70.8MB)

Jason Silverman’s lecture at SITE Santa Fe entitled ”Georges Méliès: Cinema’s First Time Traveler.” Podcast: Download (Duration: 50:02 — 124.7MB)

Many of the artists in Agitated Histories examine the contents of historic archives and re-present the material in new and unexpected ways to re-contextualize the subject matter. In this lecture, Lefrak will examine the works in SITE’s exhibition by Sam Durant, Lorraine O’Grady, Zoe Leonard and Cheryl Dunye, which all reference photography archives. Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:07:45 — 149.2MB)

An Artist’s Talk by Charlene Teters. The history of Teters’ work is the subject of a nationally aired award-winning documentary ’In Whose Honor?’ by Jay Rosenstein, which is included in SITE’s exhibition Agitated Histories. Teters is a professor and Studio Arts Department Chair at the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) in Santa Fe and a founding Board Member of the National Coalition on Racism in Sports and the Media.

The Watermelon Woman: A Skype Conversation with Director Cheryl Dunye, as part of the Agitated Histories exhibition. Co-sponsored by the TAI Gallery and presented in collaboration with the CCA Cinematheque. Podcast: Download (Duration: 21:41 — 42.6MB)

William D. Stanley and Janet Dees Many of the artists in Agitated Histories engage with events of the recent past that are a part of the lived experience of others and continue to have an effect on the present. Viewers bring different levels of familiarity with the events referenced in these works, which may impact their understanding of the artworks themselves. Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:14:48 — 147.7MB)