Exhibition Tour- Intimacy: 12 Affects, 12 Artists

When:
Sunday, Jun 04, 2017 2:00p -
3:00p

Where:
MIT List Visual Arts Center
20 Ames Street
Cambridge, MA 02139

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Admission:
FREE

Categories:
Art, Lectures & Conferences, Meetup, University

Event website:
https://listart.mit.edu/events-programs/public-program-exhibition-tour-intimacy-12-affects-12-artists

Join List Center curatorial research assistant Emily Watlington for a guided tour through 'An Inventory of Shimmers: Objects of Intimacy in Contemporary Art.' As a contributor to the exhibition catalogue Watlington will provide a closer look at the works by the twelve artists on view, framed through her writing on the twelve affects comprising intimacy: absence, closeness, desire, empathy, jealousy, loss, love, reciprocity, seduction, shame, trust, and vulnerability.

About the Speaker
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Emily Watlington is currently a master’s student in History, Theory and Criticism of Architecture and Art, MIT. She is also the curatorial research assistant at the MIT List Visual Arts Center, where she contributed to the catalogue for 'An Inventory of Shimmers: Objects of Intimacy in Contemporary Art.' She received a BFA from Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Her graduate studies and research are focused on contemporary art through the lenses of affect theory and feminist theory, and her art criticism has appeared in publications such as 'Mousse Magazine' and 'Art Papers.'


All programs are free and open to the general public. RSVPs are required. Please RSVP on the event page.


For more information, contact:


Emily Garner
[email protected]

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