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SUMMARY:Aesthetics of Surveillance: Francisco Maso in Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Join conceptual artist Francisco Maso and Cara Megan Lewis\, Deputy Director of the Wende Museum\, for a thought-provoking conversation.\n\n\nJoin conceptual artist Francisco Maso and Cara Megan Lewis\, Deputy Director of the Wende Museum\, for a thought-provoking conversation on Aesthetic Register of Covert Forces\, a powerful series featured in the exhibition Counter/Surveillance: Control\, Privacy\, Agency. Curated by Wende Museum Chief Curator Joes Segal and science historian Marieke Drost\, the exhibition explores how dissidents and artists—particularly during the Cold War—responded creatively to surveillance. From forged passports and disguises to encrypted communication and performative resistance\, artists developed strategies to operate under the radar and\, at times\, to “watch the watchers.” \nIn this conversation\, Maso and Lewis will explore how Aesthetic Register of Covert Forces draws from the artist’s personal archive of surveillance aesthetics—including the undercover uniforms of secret agents—to bear witness to Cuba’s long-standing history of censorship and control. Through this body of work\, Maso reclaims abstract visual language\, transforming it into a form of political resistance and historical testimony. \nAbout the Artist\nFrancisco Maso (Havana\, 1988) is a Cuban-born\, AfroLatinx conceptual artist living and working in Miami. Maso’s work delves into the contemporary understanding of “unconscious behaviors” and challenges what is accepted by society as natural\, necessary\, and normal. As a conceptual artist\, he examines the concept of power and the relationships between blackness\, civil rights\, and the police system through the lens of his personal experiences in Cuba\, Japan\, and the United States. \nAn ADA-accessible entrance to the Glorya Kaufman Community Center is available through the garden gate from the parking lot. It will open approximately 30 minutes before the program begins. \nRSVPs for this free program do not guarantee admission to the A-Frame Theater. Doors will open and seating will begin 15 minutes prior to the start of the program. Limited seating is available on a first come\, first served basis. Please note that doors will close promptly at the program’s start time and late entry will not be permitted.
URL:https://wendemuseum.org/event/aesthetics-of-surveillance-francisco-maso-in-conversation/
LOCATION:The Wende Museum\, 10808 Culver Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90230\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conversation
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SUMMARY:The Milk Tea Alliance: Struggles for Freedom in East and Southeast Asia
DESCRIPTION:Historian Jeffrey Wasserstrom discusses his new book with scholar Sasha Razor.\n\n\nThis event will be the Southern California launch event for Jeffrey Wasserstrom’s The Milk Tea Alliance: Inside Asia’s Struggle Against Autocracy and Beijing\, a short book about activists and exiles in Thailand\, Hong Kong\, and Burma published by Columbia Global Reports. \nThe author will be joined by Sasha Razor\, who has written about 2020 protests in her native Belarus—protests that had a lot in common with those that took place in Bangkok that same year as featured in Wasserstrom’s book. The two will discuss topics such as the role of music\, humor\, and references to films and fiction in protest movements. \nJeffrey Wasserstrom is Chancellor’s Professor of History at UC Irvine. His previous books include an earlier one for Columbia Global Report\, Vigil: Hong Kong on the Brink (2020) and\, as editor\, The Oxford History of Modern China (2022). He often writes for general interest publications and co-edits the China Section of the Los Angeles Review of Books. \nSasha Razor\, a native of Belarus\, received her PhD in Slavic\, East European and Eurasian Studies from UCLA. She is a lecturer in Germanic & Slavic Studies and Film & Media Studies at UC Santa Barbara. Her research interests include avant-garde cinema and literature\, Belarusian and Ukrainian culture\, migration and diaspora studies. \nPresented in partnership with LAist\, the official media sponsor for this event.
URL:https://wendemuseum.org/event/the-milk-tea-alliance-struggles-for-freedom-in-east-and-southeast-asia/
LOCATION:Glorya Kaufman Community Center at the Wende Museum\, 10858 Culver Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90230\, United States
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