EDIFYING, New York

EDIFYING
a series of performative lectures

Launch: 8pm Thursday October 22, 2009
at BHQFU: 225 West Broadway

The Bruce High Quality Foundation University is pleased to announce the launch of Edifying, a series of performative lectures. This event is free and open to the public.

In the lineage of John Cage's Lecture on Nothing (1950), or Robert Morris’s 1964 performance 21.3 where the artist lip-synched a film of art historian Erwin Panofsky reading hisStudies On Iconology (1939), this series will present a selection of contemporary performative events concerned with the dramatization of knowledge and its dissemination.

Beatrice Gross, curator of the series, along with a very special guest, will discuss the history and meaning of performative lectures, and present the first installment of Edifying with Pablo Helguera'sEnneatype Conference(November 19), Ellie Ga's Fortunetellers (December 10), and Christine Rebet's Poison Lecture (January 14).

The event will also feature a conversation with artist and educator Pablo Helguera, in conjunction with the release of his latest book Theatrum Anatomicum (And Other performance lectures)published by Jorge Pinto Books, NY. A book signing will follow.
"Helguera presents in this volume a multi-faceted collection of performance texts that cover a wide variety of subjects, ranging from political history to modern art. Working with actors to present scripted symposiums without the audience’s knowledge, presenting dueling lectures on topics as diverse as Mexican soap operas and 16th century Anatomical Theaters, or constructing a five-theme presentation in the form of a baroque fugue, the texts in this anthology reflect Helguera’s perennial quest to critique and reinvigorate the lecture format."

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