Steve Kurtz
Critical Art Ensemble
Wed 3rd October 2pm
Goldsmiths College, University of London.
New Academic Building (NAB) LG02
Critical Art Ensemble explores the intersections between art, critical
theory, technology and political activism. Formed in 1987, the
award-winning collective has exhibited and performed in a variety of
venues internationally, from the street to the museum and the
Internet. Museum shows include the Whitney Museum and The New Museum
in NYC; The MCA, Chicago; Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt; Musée d’Art
Moderne de la Ville de Paris; and The ICA and the Natural History
Museum, London. Books include: Electronic Civil Disobedience & Other
Unpopular Ideas (1996), Flesh Machine: Cyborgs, Designer Babies,
Eugenic Consciousness (1998), Digital Resistance: Explorations in
Tactical Media (2001), Molecular Invasion (2002), Marching Plague
(2006), and the forthcoming Disturbances (2012).
A partnership between Art, Computing, Cultural Studies, and Politics
at Goldsmiths. Organised by Ele Carpenter, MFA Curating, in
partnership with The Arts Catalyst and Four Corners Books.
www.gold.ac.uk
www.artscatalyst.org
www.fourcornersbooks.co.uk
