Using Constructs #10 - #13 by Lyle Ashton Harris as a starting point for our conversation, this discussion explores the artist's use of photography and how it can allow us to explore performance, gender and self-representation.
Constructs #10 - #13 is currently on display at Tate Modern in Performer and Participant: Performing Genders, Performing Selves (Room 5).
Speaking Through Photography: Lyle Ashton Harris is part of How does art speak? A series of four conversations centered around North American artists exploring the many ways art communicates with us.
Lyle Ashton Harris
Lyle Ashton Harris has cultivated a diverse artistic practice ranging from photography and collage to installation and performance art. His work explores intersections between the personal and the political, examining the impact of ethnicity, gender, and desire on the contemporary social and cultural dynamic.
Morgan Quaintance
Morgan Quaintance is a London-based artist and writer. His moving image work has been shown and exhibited widely at festivals and institutions including: MOMA, New York; Mcevoy Foundaton for the Arts, San Francisco; Konsthall C, Sweden; David Dale, Glasgow; European Media Art Festival, Germany; Alchemy Film and Arts Festival, Scotland; Images Festival, Toronto; International Film Festival Rotterdam; and Third Horizon Film Festival, Miami.
This talk includes British Sign Language interpretation.
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