01 Oct 2009

VA Americas Society's Public Programs: Fernell Franco and SITAC (Simposio Internacional de Teoria de Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico)

TTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 1st
6:30pm
King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center. New York University
53 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012

'Between Accuracy and Aesthetic Documentary Photography'
Photojournalism and Social Photographic Practices in the 1970s and 1980s. Speakers: SAGRARIO BERTI (Photography Historian), SUSAN MEISELAS (Photographer) and LUIS ROLDAN(Artist). Moderated by GABRIELA RANGEL (Director and Curator, Visual Arts Department Americas Society).

Like many important photographers in Latin America included in the landmark exhibition 'Image and Memory' Fernell Franco (Cali, 1942-2006) made a living as a photojournalist. Franco developed an outstanding body of personal work, among them notably the 'Amarrados' [Bound] series, in which a lyrical composition of the image suspends the objectivity of the medium. Members of this panel are invited to discuss documentary photo practices in the 1970s and 1980s which eroded distinctions between truth and fiction, drama and objectivity.

Organized by the Visual Arts Department at Americas Society in collaboration with King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center, New York University, in conjunction with the exhibition FERNELL FRANCO: AMARRADOS [BOUND] now on view at Americas Society.

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FRIDAY OCTOBER 2nd
6:30pm
Americas Society
680 Park Ave @ 68th Street
New York, NY 10065

The first presentation of the SITAC Series:
'Lo que nos queda. What's left… What remains? SITAC VI'. Speakers: JOAN JONAS (Artist), UTE META BAUER (Associate Professor and Director, Visual Arts Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology), and PATRICIA SLOANE (Writer, founding member of SITAC). Moderated by PABLO HELGUERA (Artist).

This program will bring to New York the important contributions and debates of the International Symposium on Contemporary Art Theory (also known as SITAC: Simposio Internacional de Teoría de Arte Contemporáneo) organized every year by the Patronage for Contemporary Art in Mexico City (PAC: Patronato de Arte Contemporáneo). The resonance and the significance of this symposium will be conveyed through this panel of past SITAC participants.

Organized by the Visual Arts Department at Americas Society in collaboration with the Mexican Cultural Institute of New York and Patronato de Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico.