The Body as Social Sculpture
via Zoom PrincetonThrough targeted, strictly disciplined strength training, Cassils makes their own body the protagonist of their performances; and contemplates the history(s) of violence, representation, struggle, and survival. Drawing from the idea that bodies are formed in relation to social expectations, Cassils speaks about past works and their starting points, development processes, and historical contexts. Using their own […]
CANCELED: Leibniz on Continuity, between Euclid and Dedekind
1879 Hall, Tower Room 1879 Hall, PrincetonVincenzo De Risi is the Whitney J. Oates Fellow in the Humanities Council and the Department of Philosophy.
(In)visibilities, Omissions and Discoveries: Archival Absences in Life Magazine and Beyond
via Zoom PrincetonIn conjunction with the Princeton University Art Museum’s exhibition LIFE Magazine and the Power of Photography, the Princeton-Mellon Initiative in Architecture, Urbanism, and the Humanities, and the Humanities Council’s Archival Silences Working Group present a workshop on the construction of, and research utilizing, image archives. Panelists will focus on discoveries, invisibilities, and active omissions in a […]
The Sounds of Jewish Prayer
TBD PrincetonA talk by Judit Frigyesi
CANCELED: Samurai’s Oath in Medieval Japan: From Princeton University Collection
TBD PrincetonComparative Diplomatics Workshops are a faculty-graduate student working group of the Comparative Antiquities network at the Humanities Council, co-sponsored by the Program in Medieval Studies. Join the Comparative Diplomatics Workshop with Horikawa Yasufumi (East Asian Studies) presenting “Samurai’s Oath in Medieval Japan: From Princeton University Collection.” Conveners: Tom Conlan (EAS/History), Helmut Reimitz (History), Marina Rustow (NES/History) Coordinator: […]
The Redemptive Power of Architecture
via Zoom PrincetonA Friends Annual Mary Pitcairn Keating Lecture In Fall 2018, Sir David Adjaye was selected to lead the process of designing a new home for the Princeton University Art Museum. As that work continues, join Sir David in a heavily illustrated and timely conversation with Museum Director James Steward about the power of architecture—its capacities […]
Art Making | Drawing Interior Spaces
via Zoom PrincetonThe Art Museum is partnering with the Arts Council of Princeton to provide free online art-making experiences. Weekly classes are taught by artist-instructor Barbara DiLorenzo over Zoom, so participants can join live from their home computers; techniques emphasize drawing with pen or pencil on paper. Each week’s lesson features works from the Museum’s collections and relates to […]
The Princeton Livestock Exchange Presents: Dan Tepfer
via Facebook & Zoom NJThe Princeton Livestock Exchange, an evening of improvised performance spawned to create musical dialogues between Princeton students and special visiting guest artists, proudly presents Dan Tepfer for a live-streamed event on Facebook. Dan Tepfer is a jazz pianist whose latest project, Natural Machines, brings coding, virtual reality, and algorithmic learning to the stage with an improvised […]
