Assistant Professor Charles Stankievech will be moderating an event featuring artist, writer, and “experimental geographer” Trevor Paglen next week as park of the Urban Speaker Series. The discussion is being presented by the Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art the in partnership with Visual Studies at the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design, University of Toronto.

Trevor Paglen
with Charles Stankievech

Thursday, January 22, 7:30 PM
Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art
401 Richmond St. West, Suite 124
Toronto

Paglen will speak about his recent projects, which combine art and cultural production with geography to address state secrecy, military symbology, and other subjects.

Charles Stankievech is a Canadian artist whose research has explored issues such as the notion of “fieldwork” in the embedded landscape, the military industrial complex, and the history of technology. His diverse body of work has been shown internationally at the Louisiana Museum, Copenhagen; Palais de Tokyo, Paris; Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin; MassMoca, Massachussetts; Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal; Canadian Centre for Architecture; and the Venice Architecture and SITE Santa Fe Biennales.

Ticket Sales
Series passes are available in advance or at the door. Tickets to single events are available ONLY at the door, with ticket sales beginning thirty minutes in advance of the event. Seating is limited and guaranteed to sell out, so be sure to arrive early.

Single Events
$8 Prefix Photo subscribers, students & seniors
$12 Regular

Series Passes
$28 Prefix Photo subscribers, students & seniors
$42 Regular

For purchases, press inquiries or to schedule an interview with the speakers, please contact Stephanie Mina Kim, Public Programmes Manager, at (416) 591-0357 or info@prefix.ca

More information is also available at: https://www.facebook.com/events/1548377295404047/?ref_newsfeed_story_type=regular