Identity Politics: Its Histories and Futures

Week 2 – Thursday, October 30, 2008
Presentation:
Simon Leung on “Identity and its Aftermath”
Screening: Simon Leung, “Squatting Project/Guangzhou”, 2008
Presentation: Nizan Shaked on “Critical Identity Politics”
Roundtable critique with Simon Leung and Nizan Shaked
Read Shaked's article, "Criticle Identity Politics" in X-TRA Magazine.







Dr. Shaked is an Assistant Professor of Art History, Museum and Curatorial Studies at California State University, Long Beach. A truncated biography, assembled by CSULB, can be found here.
Dr. Shaked recently published "Critical Identity Politics," in X-Tra Contemporary Art Quarterly, on which she will lecture at ASAP on Thursday, October 30.


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Simon Leung, Squatting Project/Berlin, 1994




Cultural Potluck

Date: Thursday, October 16
Time: 6:00 - 10:00 pm
Locale: 120 Judge John Aiso Street, Los Angeles, CA

Project: Pot-luck – Bring food or drink for 5 people
Presentation: Douglas Green on "Tied in Pistol City!" (a history of Identity Politics)
Presentation: Maite Gomez-Rejon on pot-luck, food and its connotations
Salon: Maker to taster – contemplating culinary decisions
Check it out on ArtSlant.
Take a look at the Google map to the happenings.








Pictures from ASAP Launch Party





















Arts Education LA

Date:

Thursday, October 2, 2008


Time:

6:00pm - 10:00pm


Street-cred:

120 Judge John Aiso Street


Township:

Los Angeles, CA



Guest Speakers:

Piero Golia (Mountain School of the Arts)

Karla Diaz (Slanguage)

Sean Dockray (Telic)

Music by Astrakio


Click here to view a map, pre-Googled

Here's a link to the ArtSlant posting for the event, y'all.

Here are a few photos