Now in its sixth year, Culture Lab Detroit returns in 2018 to engage internationally reputed artists, inventors and filmmakers on the theme of The Crisis of Beauty. The new edition of the acclaimed cultural program will explore how beauty intersects with multiculturalism, the intricacies of gentrification, gender politics, and unbounded assimilation of technology to offer novel or previously suppressed perspectives.
"Detroit has a history of exploring the connections between culture and social progress," says Jane Schulak, Founder. "We're thrilled to bring some of today's most compelling voices to Detroit to contribute to this vital conversation." Culture Lab Detroit's two-night discussion series will take place October 11 and 12, 2018. On October 11, Culture Lab Detroit will host the discussion at The Senate Theater, a historic 800-seat Art Deco theater. The second dialogue will be hosted on October 12 at The Church of the Messiah, a 142-year-old non-traditional Episcopal church in Detroit's East Side. These locations speak to the cultural history and vibrancy of Detroit's diverse neighborhoods. In the past, Culture Lab Detroit has brought cultural luminaries including Hilton Als, Elizabeth Diller, Coco Fusco, Adam Pendleton, Alice Waters, and many more to Detroit for free public conversations in historic venues, as well as staged public art projects by artists such as Gary Simmons and Matthew Angelo Harrison.DIALOGUES
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11
The Aesthetics of TomorrowPARTICIPANTS Mark Pauline
Performance Artist, Founder and Inventor of Survival Research Laboratories Eyal Weizman
Architect, Director of Forensic Architecture Anicka Yi
Conceptual Artist MODERATOR Yesomi Umolu
Artistic Director of the 2019 Chicago Architecture Biennial and Exhibitions Curator at the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, University of Chicago SPECIAL GUEST Peter Weller
Art Historian and Robocop title role
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12
Seeing and Being SeenPARTICIPANTS dream hampton
Filmmaker, Writer, Organizer Juliana Huxtable
Conceptual Artist, Writer, Performer, and Musician Amy Sherald
Painter MODERATOR Jazmine Hughes
Associate Editor for The New York Times Magazine SPECIAL GUEST
Reverend Barry Randolph
The Church of the Messiah, Detroit
ABOUT CULTURE LAB DETROIT
Culture Lab Detroit is a non-profit organization that engages with local communities through creative partnerships, projects, and public dialogues to stimulate new relationships, artistic opportunities, and encourages action-oriented social exchange among a global network of artists, activists, and thinkers. The organization was founded in 2012 by President and Creative Director Jane Schulak.
Videos