<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;">The Center for Advanced Visual Studies @ MIT invites
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<b style="">Come Together/ Social
Action <br>
April 28<sup>th</sup>
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</span>1:30 – 6:30 pm </b><b style=""><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br>
</span>CAVS, 265
Massachusetts Ave, 3<sup>rd</sup><span style="font-weight: bold;">, </span>Fl. Building N52</b>
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Harrell Fletcher, artist, and Larissa Harris, Associate
Director, Center for Advanced Visual Studies<br>
Introduction
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Professor Emeritus Robert Mann, Dept Biomedical Engineering<br>
Technology and Culture Forum <span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span>
<p class="MsoNormal">1:55<span style=""> </span></p>
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Bill Thies<span style=""> </span><br>
PhD candidate; student leader, TEK<br>
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab<span style="">
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<p class="MsoNormal">2:20<span style=""> </span></p>
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Professor Ceasar McDowell<span style=""> </span><br>
Director, Center for Reflective Community Practice<span style=""> </span><span style="">
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<p class="MsoNormal">2:45<span style=""> </span></p>
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Mako Hill<span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><br>
PhD candidate; Media Arts and Sciences (Media Lab)<span style=""> </span><span style="">
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<p class="MsoNormal">3:10<span style=""> </span></p>
Break/ Q + A<br>
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Professor Donald Sadoway<span style=""><br>
Dept. Materials Science and Engineering</span><span style=""> </span><span style="">
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<p class="MsoNormal">4:00<span style=""> </span></p>
Julia Scher<span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><br>
Artist; lecturer, Visual Art Program, Dept Architecture<span style=""> </span><span style="">
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<p class="MsoNormal">4:25<span style=""> </span></p>
Debbie Douglas<span style=""> </span><br>
Curator, Science and Technology<br>
MIT Museum<span style=""> </span><span style="">
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<p class="MsoNormal">4:50<span style=""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tad Hirsch<span style=""></span><span style=""></span><br>
PhD candidate, Media arts and Sciences (Media Lab)<br>
Graduate affiliate, Center for Advanced Visual Studies<br>
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<span style=""></span><span style=""></span>5:15<span style=""> <br>
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</span><span style=""></span>Professor Noam Chomsky<span style=""><br>
Dept. Linguistics and Philosophy<br>
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5:40<span style=""> </span>
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Q + A<span style=""> </span>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">This event is part of the exhibition</span></p>
<span style="">John Malpede and Harrell Fletcher: <span style="font-style: italic;">What do we learn when we push there</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> and then up against here and now?</span></span>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-weight: bold;">Artists' talk <br>
Thurs. April 27th 6:30 PM</span><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">John Malpede with Harrell Fletcher</span><span style=""><br>
Artist, director, and performer John Malpede will talk with artist Harrell Fletcher about three decades of Malpede's aesthetically and </span>politically uncompromising brand of art as social action. <br>
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<span style=""> </span><span style=""><span style="font-weight: bold;">Exhibition</span></span>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=""><span style="font-style: italic;">What do we learn when we push there and then up against here and now?</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=""><span style="font-weight: bold;">RFK in EKY, 2004</span></span></p>
<span style="">Photo and video documentation of John Malpede's full-scale reenactment of Robert F Kennedy's 1968 tour through southeastern Kentucky that took</span> place in September 2004 against the backdrop of the Bush-Kerry
campaign.<span style=""></span>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=""><span style="font-weight: bold;">The American War, 2005</span></span></p>
<span style="">In Vietnam for an artists' retreat the summer of 2005, Harrell Fletcher<br>
re-photographed each image and text description on view at Ho Chi Minh</span>
<span style="">City's The War Remnants Museum. The American War, 2005, is made up of these photographs. On view concurrently at White Columns, New York.</span>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Thurs April 27th -- June 30th, M-F 11-5 pm</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">MORE: </span><span style="font-family: ArialMT;"><a href="http://cavs.mit.edu/artists.html?id=264,95"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgb(85, 26, 139); text-decoration: none;">
http://cavs.mit.edu/artists</span></a></span><span style="">.html?id=264,95</span></p>