A Panel Discussion on the Works of Wolgin Prize Finalist Ryan Trecartin
October 7, 5:30 pm, Paley Library Lecture Hall

Ryan Trecartin’s work advances understandings of post‐millennial technology, narrative and identity. Discussed from a variety of perspectives, panelists will examine issues of social media and networks; gender and aesthetic themes in video art; and more. Participants include Temple University’sGerard Brown, Chair of Foundations, Tyler School of Art (moderator); Scott Gratson, Director of the Communications Program and SCT Undergraduate Studies; Aaron Smuts, Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy; Elisabeth Subrin, Assistant Professor in the Department of Film and Media Arts; and Andrew Suggs, Executive Director of Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia.

This event is part of a series of collaborative public programs presented in conjunction with the Tyler School of Art’s Jack Wolgin International Competition in the Fine Arts

About Finalist Ryan Trecartin

Ryan Trecartin (b. 1981, Webster, TX) lives and works in Philadelphia, PA, where he structures his art practice in varying collaborative ways. Trecartin has established a singular video practice that, in both form and in function, advances understandings of post-millennial technology, narrative and identity, and also propels these matters as expressive mediums. His work depicts worlds where consumer culture is amplified and absorbed to absurd or nihilistic proportions where characters circuitously strive to find agency and meaning in their lives. The combination of assaultive, nearly impenetrable avant-garde logics and equally outlandish, virtuoso uses of color, form, drama and montage produces a sublime, stream-of-consciousness effect that feels bewilderingly true to life. In addition to his work in video, Trecartin also has a collaborative sculpture practice with artist Lizzie Fitch. Trecartin's work has been included in several major exhibitions and institutions worldwide, including the 2006 Whitney Biennial, New York; the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; the Saatchi Gallery, London; and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York.

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The Kids Left. The Dog Died. Now What?
A new musical comedy presented by the Society Hill Playhouse

The Society Hill Playhouse
507 S. 8th St.
Philadelphia, PA 19147

Mix and mingle with Temple alumni and friends and see The Kids Left. The Dog Died. Now What? at one of Philadelphia's true theatrical treasures: The Society Hill Playhouse. Thanks to a generous gift from Society Hill Playhouse Director Deen Kogan, CLA '51 , 100 percent of advance ticket sales for the Oct. 14 show will benefit Temple University Libraries.

$50 per person includes hors d’oeuvres, dessert and entrance to the show. Tickets are limited. Register at myowlspace.com today!

Tickets will be available at will call on the day of the show (under the name of the person who registered). If you would like to pick up your tickets in advance, please call the Society Hill Playhouse at 215.923.0210.

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A Panel Discussion on the Work of Wolgin Prize Finalist Michael Rakowitz
October 15, 5:30 p.m., Paley Library Lecture Hall

At this event, scholars and critics will examine Michael Rakowitz’s art as social commentary that explores problematic urban situations. The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist, the focus of Rakowtiz’s WolginPrize exhibition, discusses objects stolen from the National Museum of Iraq in the aftermath of the U.S. invasion of April 2003. This piece attempts to make “war culture” more visible in America in the hopes that outrage over the stolen objects translates to outrage towards the loss of life. Participants include Temple University’s Susan Feagin, Research Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Temple University and Editor of The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism; Philip Glahn, Assistant Professor in the Department of Painting, Drawing and Sculpture, Tyler School of Art; Dustin Kidd, Assistant Professor, Sociology; and Srdjan Jovanović Weiss, Assistant Professor in the Department of Architecture at Tyler School of Art.

This event is part of a series of collaborative public programs presented in conjunction with the Tyler School of Art’s Jack Wolgin International Competition in the Fine Arts

About Wolgin Prize Finalist Michael Rakowitz
Based in Chicago and New York, Michael Rakowitz's (b. 1973, New York) art practice is characterized by its exploration of and symbolic interventions with problematic urban situations, as well as endeavors to make visible other urgent moments of silence, invisibility, and marginality. In 1998, he initiated paraSITE, an ongoing project in which the artist custom builds inflatable shelters for homeless people that attach to the exterior outtake vents of a building's heating, ventilation, or air conditioning system. Other recent projects include the public work, Return, presented by Creative Time in New York, and The invisible enemy should not exist. His work has been exhibited in venues worldwide including P.S. 1, Long Island City, NY; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; MASSMoCA, North Adams, MA; Castello di Rivoli, Turin; and biennials and triennials including the 16th Biennale of Sydney; the 10th Istanbul Biennial; Sharjah Biennial 8; the Tirana Biennale; the National Design Triennial at the Cooper Hewitt; and Transmediale 05. He also has been the recipient of a number of prestigious international artist grants and fellowships, and has had numerous solo exhibitions at galleries and art spaces through the U.S. and Europe, including a forthcoming show at the Tate Modern in London.

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A Film Series Curated by Wolgin Prize Finalist Sanford Biggers
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring, Dir. Kim Ki-duk, 2003, 103 min.
October 28, 7:00 p.m., Paley Library Lecture Hall
A beautiful and meditative film in five parts; it follows the life of a Buddhist monk from his formative years as an apprentice through old age. Sanford Biggers has selected four films to be screened in conjunction with his exhibition at Tyler Gallery. These films approach African American identity in American history, from the 1930s through the present day, through cultural mediums including music, dance, film and religion.

This event is part of a series of collaborative public programs presented in conjunction with the Tyler School of Art’s Jack Wolgin International Competition in the Fine Arts

Additional Films
Two additional films selected by Sanford Biggers will be screened at Tyler School of Art, Lower Level, B04. Visit www.temple.edu/tyler/exhibitions for more details.

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