The Vera List Center Prize Conference in November looks at the urgent and necessary work of the recipient of the third Vera List Center Prize for Art and Politics, Brazilian artist Maria Thereza Alves, and the five Prize Finalists: the London-based interdisciplinary research agency Forensic Architecture; the artist coalition Gulf Labor; House of Natural Fibers (HONF), a new media arts laboratory in Yogyakarta, Indonesia; IsumaTV, a collaborative multimedia platform for indigenous filmmakers and media organization in Canada; and MadeYouLook, an artist collective based in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Participants:

Irene Agrivina, Indonesia, House of Natural Fiber

Samuel Cohn-Cousineau, Canada IsumaTV

Nare Mokgotho, South Africa, MadeYouLook

Molemo Moiloa, South Africa, MadeYouLook

Moderator: VLC Curator Amanda Parmer

Respondent: – Whitney Slaten, Assistant Professor of Music Technology, Lang College

Location:

Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall 55 West 13th Street, Room I-202, New York, NY 10011 Saturday, November 4, 2017 at 12:00 pm to 5:30 pm.