SMFA at Tufts Leo and Betty Beckwith Lecture: American Artist
7:00 pm–8:00 pm
Join us for a talk with the artist known as American Artist, who makes thought experiments that mine the history of technology, race, and knowledge production, beginning with their legal name change in 2013. Their artwork primarily takes the form of sculpture, software, and video—interactive installations that explore the pervasiveness of AI-driven surveillance, website interventions that speak to contemporary conditions of protest, and fictional films that contend with predictive policing that reproduce racial biases.
The Leo and Betty Beckwith speaker series was established in 1978 to bring artists and cultural thinkers at the leading edge of contemporary art to the SMFA at Tufts community; past speakers have included Arthur Jaffa, Yvonne Rainer, Sanford Biggers, Amy Sillman, and Harry Dodge.
Assistive listening system
Wheelchair accessible
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