Events
Urban Field Speakers Series
Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art is proud to present the Urban Field Speakers Series.
Chantal Mouffe
with Jennifer Fisher
Thursday, April 9, 7:30 PM
Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art
401 Richmond St. West, Suite 124
Toronto
Chantal Mouffe, Professor of Political Theory at the University of Westminster in London, speaks on several understandings of the notion of "Public Space" and their consequences for democratic politics and artistic practices. The event is moderated by Jennifer Fisher, Assistant Professor at York University.
Chantal Mouffe is Professor of Political Theory at the University of Westminster in London and has taught and held research positions at many universities including Harvard University, Cornell University, University of California, the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Paris. She is a corresponding member of the Collège International de Philosophie in Paris. As the editor of Gramsci and Marxist Theory, her first major publication, Mouffe opened up a critical dialogue with Marxism that would act as one of the main focuses of her work. She became well known as the co-author, with Ernesto Laclau, of Hegemony and Socialist Strategy: Towards a Radical Democratic Politics (Verso) and has edited numerous political volumes including Dimensions of Radical Democracy: Pluralism, Citizenship, Community (Verso), Deconstruction and Pragmatism (Routledge) and The Challenge of Carl Schmitt (Verso). Mouffe is currently engaged in projects that examine the rise of right-wing populism in Europe and in research that is formulating an "agonistic" model of democracy.
Jennifer Fisher is Assistant Professor of Contemporary Art and Curatorial Studies at York University. She is a founding member of the curatorial collaborative DisplayCult, whose upcoming projects include MetroSonics at the National Gallery of Canada and a curatorial commission of fifteen site-specific installations for the City of Toronto's Nuit Blanche. Fisher is the editor of Technologies of Intuition (YYZ Books), and her essays have appeared in the anthologies The Senses in Performance (Routledge) and Caught in the Act (YYZ Books). For six years, Fisher served as the assistant editor of Parachute and she has contributed to numerous journals including n.paradoxa, Tessera, Art Journal and Public. She is currently the Graduate Program Director in Art History at York University.
About the Urban Field Speakers Series
Programmed by Janine Marchessault and Scott McLeod and presented by Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art in association with the Visible City Project and Archive of York University
The Urban Field Speakers Series centres on the role of art in transforming the experience of the city. Through lectures, audio-visual presentations and discussions, it explores how creative practices can help improve the quality of urban life and planning in Toronto and around the world. This series of monthly events brings together an array of international and local participants, including artists, architects, curators, designers and scholars, who are working at the intersections of technology, communications and aesthetics. Reflecting a broad range of perspectives and practices, the events build upon each other to inspire dialogue on the role of the city in art, and art in the city. Upcoming speakers include Phyllis Lambert and Raqs Media Collective. For more information, please visit www.prefix.ca.
Ticket Sales
Series passes are available in advance or at the door. Tickets to single events are available only at the door, with ticket sales beginning 30 minutes in advance of the event. Seating is limited and guaranteed to sell out, so be sure to arrive early.
Single Events
$7 Prefix Photo subscribers, students & seniors
$10 Regular
Series Passes
$25 Prefix Photo subscribers, students & seniors
$40 Regular
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Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art is a registered charitable organization that fosters the appreciation and understanding of contemporary photographic, media and digital arts through exhibitions, publications and related activities. For the presentation of the Urban Field Speakers Series, Prefix gratefully acknowledges the support of our staff, volunteers and patrons, as well as our Official Catering Sponsor, à la Carte Kitchen, and our Official Hotel Sponsor, the Sutton Place Hotel. Prefix also acknowledges the assistance of the Visible City Project and Archive of York University, the Toronto Arts Council, the Ontario Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts.
