[Sci-tech-public] last alert for bio-art talks on FRIDAY, October 29th

[Debbie Meinbresse]

Larissa Harris asked me to forward this reminder to you:


>****TOMORROW!! FOR ORDER OF SPEAKERS, SEE BELOW!****
>
>THE CENTER FOR ADVANCED VISUAL STUDIES PRESENTS THE LAST FOUR YEARS: 
>ARTISTS REACT (THIRD AND LAST EVENT!)
>
>CAVS at MIT (N52-390) is located on the 3rd floor of 265 Massachusetts 
>Avenue, next to the MIT Museum.
>Starter Culture: Eight short talks on bio-art, biotech, and bio-politics
>
>FRIDAY OCT 29TH
>1:00 PM - 6:00 PM
>
>The Center for Advanced Visual Studies at MIT and 16 Beaver Group invite 
>you to a dialogue that takes the artists' group Critical Art Ensemble and 
>its recent investigation by the FBI as a point of departure. Short 
>presentations on critical bio-art; the social and political role of the 
>museum; the figure of the amateur scientist; the Kurtz case and the 
>Patriot Act; the mission of the Council for Responsible Genetics; the 
>implications of life patents; a short history of political action around 
>biotechnology; and the Boston University Biodefense Lab controversy will 
>be followed by discussion moderated by members of 16 Beaver Group, a 
>collective of artists based in New York.
>
>
>SPEAKERS:
>1:00 Beatriz da Costa, long-term collaborator of Critical Art Ensemble 
>1:30 Nato Thompson, Associate Curator, MassMOCA; curator of the exhibition 
>The Interventionists 2:00 Sujatha Byravan, Executive Director, Council for 
>Responsible Genetics 2:30 Charles Weiner, Professor Emeritus of History of 
>Science, Program in Science, Technology and Society, MIT BREAK 3:30 
>Jonathan King, Professor of Molecular Biology, MIT 4:00 Faith Wilding, 
>multi-disciplinary artist with a focus on issues of women and technology, 
>with particular emphasis on biotechnology 4:30 Gene Benson, Staff 
>Attorney, Alternatives for Community and Environment 5:00 Eugene Thacker, 
>Assistant Professor, School of Literature, Communication, & Culture, 
>Georgia Institute of Technology and FINAL ROUNDTABLE UNTIL 6:00!
>
>**Readings online at http://www.16beavergroup.org/MIT/
>
>COME AND STAY THE AFTERNOON!
>
>
>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 at mit.edu.
>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 http://web.mit.edu/cavs/.
>
>
>--
>Center for Advanced Visual Studies
>Massachusetts Institute of Technology
>77 Massachusetts Avenue / N52-390
>Cambridge MA 02139
>
>617 452 2484
>lrharris at mit.edu

Debbie Meinbresse
STS Program, MIT
617-253-4062 
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