Word and image driven, the VLC public programs cross disciplines, institutions and geographies and bring together artists, writers, and academics for lectures, panel discussions, roundtables, and the occasional performance. Switchboard documents these programs in various ways. Visit our New School site for institutional information.
The Limits of an Object: Roger Hiorns
66 West 12th Street
Using various non-traditional materials—from jet engines to bovine parts to chemical nitrates and salt—Roger Hiorns’ sculptures, performances, and installations broadly investigate the possibility of transformation in objects, social encounters, and urban situations. Hiorns is well-known for his 2009 ArtAngel commission,…
Posted on January 26, 2012
Being the Media: Designing a New Rrradical Media Two Day Conference
55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor
What is radical media? What has it been in the past? What can it be in the future? What is media’s relationship to social justice and movement building?
Paper Tiger Television, the Vera List Center for Art and Politics, and the…
Posted on December 8, 2011
Day One: Radical Media Then and Now
55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor
New York City
“The power of mass culture rests on the trust of the public. This legitimacy is a paper tiger.”
–PTTV Manifesto
Borne of the residual political optimism from the sixties and a flush of infatuation with small-format video, Paper Tiger Television (PTTV) began as a…
Posted on January 23, 2012
