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Larissa Harris asked me to forward this reminder to you:<br><br>
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite><font size=4 color="#FF0000"><b>****TOMORROW!!
FOR ORDER OF SPEAKERS, SEE BELOW!****</b></font><br>
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</font><font size=2 color="#FFCC00">THE</font><font size=2 color="#007700">
CENTER</font><font size=2 color="#FFCC00">
FOR</font><font size=2 color="#FF0000">
ADVANCED</font><font size=2 color="#FFCC00">
VISUAL</font><font size=2 color="#0000FF">
STUDIES</font><font size=2 color="#FFCC00">
PRESENTS</font><font size=2 color="#007700"><i> THE LAST FOUR YEARS:
ARTISTS REACT</i></font><font size=2 color="#FFCC00"> (THIRD AND LAST
EVENT!)</b></font><br>
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CAVS at MIT</b> (N52-390) is located on the 3rd floor of 265
Massachusetts Avenue, next to the MIT Museum.</font><br>
<font size=5 color="#007700"><b>Starter
Culture:</font><font size=4 color="#007700"> Eight short talks on
bio-art, biotech, and bio-politics</b></font><br>
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</font><font size=1 color="#FF0000">FRIDAY OCT 29TH</b></font><br>
<font size=1 color="#FF0000"><b>1:00 PM - 6:00 PM</b></font><br>
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</b><font color="#0000FF">The<b> Center for Advanced Visual Studies</b>
at MIT and<b> 16 Beaver Group</b> invite you to a dialogue that takes the
artists' group<b> Critical Art Ensemble</b> and its<b> recent
investigation by the FBI</b> as a point of departure. Short presentations
on<b> critical bio-art;</b> the<b> social and political role of the
museum</b>; the figure of the<b> amateur scientist</b>; the<b> Kurtz case
and the Patriot Act</b>; the mission of the<b> Council for Responsible
Genetics</b>; the implications of<b> life patents</b>; a short history
of<b> political action around biotechnology</b>; and the<b> Boston
University Biodefense Lab</b> controversy will be followed by discussion
moderated by members of 16 Beaver Group, a collective of artists based in
New York.</font><br>
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</font><font size=4><b>SPEAKERS</b>:</font><br>
<font color="#FF0000"><b>1:00 Beatriz da Costa</b>, long-term
collaborator of Critical Art Ensemble<b> 1:30 Nato Thompson</b>,
Associate Curator, MassMOCA; curator of the exhibition<i> The
Interventionists</i><b> 2:00 Sujatha Byravan</b>, Executive Director,
Council for Responsible Genetics<b> 2:30 Charles Weiner</b>, Professor
Emeritus of History of Science, Program in Science, Technology and
Society, MIT</font><font color="#0000FF"><b>
BREAK</font><font color="#FF0000"> 3:30 Jonathan King</b>, Professor of
Molecular Biology, MIT<b> 4:00 Faith Wilding</b>, multi-disciplinary
artist with a focus on issues of women and technology, with particular
emphasis on biotechnology<b> 4:30 Gene Benson</b>, Staff Attorney,
Alternatives for Community and Environment<b> 5:00 Eugene Thacker</b>,
Assistant Professor, School of Literature, Communication, & Culture,
Georgia Institute of Technology</font><font color="#0000FF"><b> and FINAL
ROUNDTABLE UNTIL 6:00!</b></font><br>
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</font><font size=1><b>**Readings online at
<a href="http://www.16beavergroup.org/MIT/" eudora="autourl">http://www.16beavergroup.org/MIT/</a></b></font><br>
<font size=1 color="#007700"><b><br>
</font><font size=4 color="#007700">COME AND STAY THE
AFTERNOON!</b></font><br>
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</b><br>
</font><font size=1 color="#0000FF">CAVS is a center for art and exchange
in the School of Architecture and Planning at MIT. To join our mailing
list, please write to lrharris@mit.edu.</font><br>
<font size=1 color="#0000FF">CAVS at MIT (N52-390) is located at 265
Massachusetts Avenue. Take the Red Line to Central Square or #1 Bus to
NECCO Factory stop. Enter on Front St, next to the MIT Museum. Take the
elevator to the 3rd Floor. For more info, call 617.452.2484 or
<a href="http://web.mit.edu/cavs/" eudora="autourl">http://web.mit.edu/cavs/</a>.</font><br><br>
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</pre><font face="Courier New, Courier"></font>Center for Advanced Visual
Studies<br>
Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>
77 Massachusetts Avenue / N52-390<br>
Cambridge MA 02139<br><br>
617 452 2484<br>
lrharris@mit.edu</blockquote>
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Debbie Meinbresse<br>
STS Program, MIT<br>
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