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.
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Word and image driven, the VLC public programs cross disciplines, institutions and geographies and bring together artists, scholars, policy makers, and activists for lectures, panel discussions, roundtables, and the occasional performance. Switchboard documents these programs in various ways. Many of our spring events are now available on Vimeo. Revisit some of our lectures and discussions in the 2009-2010 Speculating on…
Posted on May 20, 2010

How Obscene is This! The Decency Clause Turns 20: Panel I
66 West 12th Street
Twenty years after the institution of the Decency Clause, a controversial funding requirement introduced by the National Endowment of the Arts in 1990, the National Coalition Against Censorship and the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at The New School collaborate on two panel discussions evaluating the stifling legacy of the Decency Clause and its impact on our culture.…
Posted on June 28, 2010

Ryan Gander
66 West 12th Street
British artist Ryan Gander will launch the fall 2010 Public Art Fund Talks series with one of his celebrated Loose Associations presentations. In the form of a narrated PowerPoint, the artist will string together a series of images, memories, facts, and histories in a hybrid performance-lecture.
These intense and sometimes comedic presentations have taken place across Europe, most recently as part of Art…
Posted on July 20, 2010

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