Artist, writer and "experimental geographer" Trevor Paglen speaks about his recent projects, which combine art and cultural production with geography to address state secrecy, military symbology and other subjects. Moderated by Charles Stankievech, artist, writer and assistant professor in the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design, University of Toronto.

About Trevor Paglen
Trevor Paglen is an American artist, writer, and "experimental geographer" whose work deliberately blurs the lines between science, contemporary art, journalism and other disciplines in order to construct unfamiliar ways of seeing and interpreting the world around us. Paglen's visual work has been exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), Tate Modern (London), Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia (Madrid), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and he has participated in several international biennials, including Taipei (2008), Istanbul (2009) and Liverpool (2012). He is the author of five books and numerous articles on classified landscapes, state secrecy, photography and visuality; his most recent book, The Last Pictures, is a meditation on the intersections of deep-time, politics and art. Paglen holds an MFA from the Art Institute of Chicago and a PhD in Geography from the University of California, Berkeley.

About Charles Stankievech
Charles Stankievech is a Canadian artist and researcher whose diverse projects explore the notion of "fieldwork" in the embedded landscape, the military industrial complex, and the history of technology. His artwork has been exhibited internationally at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art (Copen­hagen), Palais de Tokyo (Paris), Haus der Kulturen der Welt (Berlin), Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, the 10th Venice Biennale of Architecture and, most recently, at SITElines Santa Fe. Since 2011, he has been co-director of K. Verlag / Press in Berlin.

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About the Urban Field Speakers Series
Programmed by Janine Marchessault and Scott McLeod and presented by Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art in association with the Visible City Project and Archive of York University.

The Urban Field Speakers Series centres on the role of art in transforming the experience of the city. Through lectures, audio-visual presentations and discussions, it explores how creative practices can help improve the quality of urban life and planning in Toronto and around the world. This series of monthly events brings together an array of international and local participants, including artists, architects, curators, designers and scholars, who are working at the intersections of technology, communications and aesthetics. Reflecting a broad range of perspectives and practices, the events build upon each other to inspire dialogue on the role of the city in art, and art in the city.

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PREFIX
Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art is a registered charitable organization that fosters the appreciation and understanding of contemporary photographic, media and digital arts through exhibitions, publications and related activities. For the presentation of the Urban Field Speakers Series, Prefix gratefully acknowledges the support of its staff, volunteers and patrons, as well as its Official Catering Sponsor à la Carte Kitchen and its Official Hotel Sponsor Hotel Le Germain. Prefix also acknowledges the assistance of the Visible City Project and Archive of York University, the City of Toronto through the Toronto Arts Council, the Ontario Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts.

Trevor Paglen is presented by Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art and the Visual Studies department in the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design, University of Toronto.