Oct 9th 2024
Antawan I. Bryd – ART NOW! Lecture
@ Film Row Cinema
1104 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Wednesday, October 9th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
During this presentation, art historian and curator Antawan I. Byrd will explore the centrality of sound technologies to the politics and visual culture of Pan-Africanism, focusing in particular on the aesthetics of loudspeaker technologies such as soundsystems, boomboxes, and other machines of public address. Byrd’s talk will also preview Project A Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica, a forthcoming survey exhibition he’s co-curating at the Art Institute of Chicago opening in December 2024.
Official Website
More events on this date
Tags: Antawan I. Bryd, Art Now!, Art Now! Lecture, Chicago, Columbia College Chicago, Film Row Cinema, Loop
« previous event
next event »