BFA Visual & Critical Studies and the SVA Honors Program present a talk by visiting scholar Marcus Quent

The lecture tries to explore which new artistic temporalities the ecological crisis inspires in the wake of long obsolete versions of both a liberal and postmodern “end of history.”

How are current challenges in the wake of ecological transformation reflected in art? Which new approaches to aesthetic models of time can be identified in recent artistic practices and art theories? And what is the status of the (so far) dominant temporality of “contemporary art” in relation to what is sometimes described and discussed as “Anthropocenic time”?

The talk will address artistic practices and approaches that in our prevailing catastrophic scenario carry out unique work on the temporality of the ecological crisis and the intelligibility of time itself.

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In accordance with SVA COVID-19 protocols. The public may attend the talk by registering at least 24 hours in advance. All visitors must show proof of vaccination (including booster, if eligible) and remain masked while indoors.