Performance, Craft, and the Body
A presentation by Lauren Kalman (Wayne State University)

Artist Lauren Kalman will discuss her practice-led research that explores the intersection between craft, performance, and the situation of the female body. Artistic, practice-led research assumes that there are new understandings that can be gained through the making of art that cannot be discovered through other research approaches. Kalman will discuss how centering the performance of her body in her craft-based practice shifted and reframed an object-oriented or product-oriented output often assumed by the craft discipline. Kalman will also share her recent work, which focuses on the use of craft objects and video as performance documents.

March 26 at 6pm
38 West 86th Street, BGC Lecture Hall