Design History and Practice Capstone Symposium
with Keynote Speaker Lucy Cotter
Join the students of the School of Art and Design History and Theory's BFA Design History and Practice program as they present their research and practice, followed by a keynote address from writer, curator, and cultural theorist, Lucy Cotter, author of Reclaiming Artistic Research (Hatje Cantz 2019). Cotter will speak to the newly expanded second-edition, Reclaiming Artistic Research in a World on Fire (2024).
Artistic Research in a World on Fire
What are the stakes of artistic research in a world reckoning with social justice, climate change, and the rise of artificial intelligence? What are the unique forms of knowing and unknowing specific to artmaking? How do they relate to academic knowledge? Why is there no established discourse around artistic research in the US, unlike Europe, Canada, Australia, and other locations globally? Do US art infrastructures need to shapeshift to support artistic research?
In this lecture, internationally acclaimed writer, curator, and artist Lucy Cotter will explore the relevance of artistic research as a means to expand artistic practice, contribute to social transformation, and the decolonization of knowledge. Considering these questions in relation to the work of artists today, she will draw insights from the newly released expanded edition of her book Reclaiming Artistic Research which enters into dialogue with 24 leading artists worldwide to address artistic knowledge in practice.
Schedule of Events
Friday, May 3rd 1:00pm
Zoom Link:Â https://NewSchool.zoom.us/j/92813416936
1:00pm - Opening Remarks
1:15pm - Student Symposium followed by Q&A
2:30pm - Reclaiming Artistic Research in a World on Fire with Lucy Cotter
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Senior Students
AMELIA GORMAN
EUNSONG LEE
KATE PLETS
NAOMI SAITO
BELLA SAVIGNANO
Thesis Capstone Instructor
MEV LUNA
Assistant Professor of Contemporary Art Practice and Theory, ADHT
Presented by the BFA Design History and Practice program in the school of Art and Design History and Theory at Parsons School of Design, The New School.
Lucy Cotter is a writer, artist, and curator whose practice engages with art as a form of knowledge and a site for radical cultural transformation. Her critical and experimental writing has appeared in journals (Flash Art, Hyperallergic, Frieze, Mousse, Artforum), academic books and catalogs. She was curator of the Dutch Pavilion, 57th Venice Biennale, 2017, and Curator in Residence at Oregon Center for Contemporary Art 2021-2, with additional projects at The Kitchen, New York, Kunstinstitut Melly, Rotterdam, the Stedelijk Museum, and EYE Film Museum, Amsterdam. Cotter has lectured at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy and the Sandberg Institute, and was the inaugural director of the Master Artistic Research program at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague. She holds a PhD in Cultural Analysis focused on decolonizing curatorial practice. Irish-born, she is based in Portland, where she is a project resident at Stelo Arts and Culture Foundation, 2023-24.
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