Botany of Colonization, Upcoming Conference Event
/BOTANY of COLONIZATION
Maria Thereza Alvares, Vera List Art and Politics Prize
Two day conference/ exhibition/ keynote focused on Seeds of Change, a multi-year art project, tracking ballast flora and what it tells us about the ongoing violent legacy of colonialism.
Friday and Saturday Nov 3/4
Note RSVP links and locations differ for each event
FRIDAY (12-4:30pm)
Theresa Lang Community and Student Center
55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor
12-2:30pm Panel Discussion I: The Ground We're Standing On:
Several Panelists speak and a respondent closes.
2:30-4:30pm Panel Discussion II: Seeds as Storyteller/Witness
Several Panelists speak and a respondent closes.
6-6:45pm Keynote Presentation of the Vera List Center Prize for Art and Politics 2016-2018 to Alves, followed by a conversation between Maria and Ruth Wilson Gilmore and the opening of Alvares exhibition Maria Thereza Alves, Seeds of Change: New York—A Botany of Colonization.
The Auditorium at 12th Street
66 West 12th Street
SATURDAY the focus is on the projects of the Finalists for the Vera List Prize for Art and Politics, and the ways theirs resonate with Alves' Seeds of Change.
Saturday panels (12-4:00pm)
Theresa Lang Community and Student Center
55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor
12:00-2:00pm Prize Finalists Panel Discussion I:The House We're Building:
Several Panelists speak and a respondent closes.
2:00-4:00pmPrize Finalists Panel Discussion II: Languages For Us(e)/Ways of Knowing
Several Panelists speak and a respondent closes.
Festive Closing Reception with music, dance and song
4:00-5:30pm
