On black background, 12 capsules made of gelatin, sugar, water, and the debris collected from books. From "Residual Histories" artwork by Vartan Avakian

Your Skin Shall Bear Witness Against You — On Memory, Materiality, and the Body of the Witness (Vartan Avakian)

Name: Your Skin Shall Bear Witness Against You — On Memory, Materiality, and the Body of the Witness (Vartan Avakian)
Start: 2022-05-25T17:30:00-05:00
End: 2022-05-25T19:00:00-05:00
Location: Block Museum of Art, Mary and Leigh

Wednesday, May 25, 2022 | 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM CT

Block Museum of Art, Mary and Leigh, 40 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL 60208 map it

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Your Skin Shall Bear Witness Against You — On Memory, Materiality, and the Body of the Witness

“This is the story of a judicial investigator, a biochemist, and a salamander. They stand centuries apart each staring at a trace.”

A talk by Vartan Avakian, Spring 2022 Artist in Residence of the Kaplan Humanities Institute and the Middle East and North African Studies Program.

Artwork: Detail from Residual Histories by Vartan Avakian.

Cost: Free; public welcome!

Audience

Faculty/Staff
Student
Public
Post Docs/Docs
Graduate Students

Contact

Jill Mannor (847) 467-3970

jill.mannor@northwestern.edu

Group

Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities

Co-Sponsor(s):

Middle East and North African Studies

Interest

Academic (general)
Arts/Humanities