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Keywords With Shannon Jackson

25–27 October 2016

Temporary Services—11 People 16 Spaces/How To Guerilla Art, 2006. Image features students at Columbia College, Chicago: Gary Amerine, PJ Borowiec, Claire Bruhn, Mary Carroll, Leanne Eicher, Allyson Gaston, Wesley Hall, Young-Sun Kim, Teresa Melzer, Mark Moleski, Melissa Peifer, William Owens, Cheryl Sellers, Darian Tyler, and Lukasz Wyszkowski. Image courtesy of Temporary Services

Question your use of language and imagine new ways to describe your experiences of art

Sometimes we need to find new ways to describe experiments in contemporary art. Reflect on works on display in the Switch House with theorist Shannon Jackson and explore how language and exchange function in your experience of art.

About Shannon Jackson

Shannon Jackson is Hadidi Professor and Director of the Arts Research Center at UC Berkeley, where she also serves as Associate Vice Chancellor for the Arts and Design. Her most recent writing includes, Social Works 2011, The Builders Association 2015, and the keyword website, In Terms of Performance.

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