Pom Bunsermvicha: Lemongrass Girl

Thursday, October 21–Thursday, November 04 Theatrical Screening with By the Time It Gets Dark (Anocha Suwichakornpong, 2016) Thursday, October 21, 6:00 p.m. Gene Siskel Film Center Virtual Screenings October 29–November 4 Gene Siskel Film Center Virtual Cinema According to Thai superstition, a virgin can ward off rain by planting lemongrass upside down underneath an open sky. This […]

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Lynda Benglis in Conversation

Friday, October 08, 6:00 p.m. Virtual Event Gene Siskel Film Center Virtual Cinema Closed captions available Join Lynda Benglis and Molly Donovan, curator of contemporary art at the National Gallery of Art, for a wide-ranging look at Benglis’s groundbreaking 1970s videos and related projects. Donovan organized the National Gallery of Art’s exhibition Lynda Benglis, on view […]

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Lynda Benglis: Works in Video

Thursday, October 07–Thursday, October 14 Five videos by groundbreaking artist Lynda Benglis.  Presented in partnership with Video Data Bank. Theatrical Screening Thursday, October 7, 6:00 pm CT Gene Siskel Film Center Virtual Screenings Friday, October 8–Thursday, October 14 Gene Siskel Film Center Virtual Cinema Closed captions available Renowned for her bold and tactile sculptures, Lynda […]

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Renée Green In Conversation

Monday, September 27, 6:00 p.m. Virtual Event Zoom Join artist Renée Green and Jordan Carter, Associate Curator, Modern and Contemporary Art at the Art Institute of Chicago, for this in-depth conversation about her expansive and research-intensive practice. Presented in partnership with Video Data Bank and the Society for Contemporary Art at the Art Institute of […]

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Renée Green: Partially Buried and Mise-en-scène: Commemorative Toile

Thursday, September 23–Thursday, September 30 See Partially Buried, Partially Buried Continued, and Mise-en-scène: Commemorative Toile by the artist and filmmaker Renée Green. Presented in partnership with Video Data Bank and the Society for Contemporary Art at the Art Institute of Chicago. Theatrical Screening Thursday, September 23, 6:00 pm CT Gene Siskel Film Center Virtual Screenings […]

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Announcing Fall 2021

The Fall 2021 season of Conversations at the Edge starts Thursday, September 23! Join us for theatrical screenings, virtual artist talks, and virtual screenings! All programs take place at the Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and on the Film Center’s virtual cinema platform. More info at saic.edu/cate. […]

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Wong Ping Lecture and Conversation

Thursday, April 15, 7:00 p.m. Gene Siskel Film Center Virtual Cinema Join artist and animator Wong Ping and Orianna Cacchione, curator of global contemporary art at the Smart Museum of Art for a wide-ranging look at the ideas and approaches behind Wong’s singular digital-pop works. Presented in partnership with the Open Practice Committee in the Department of […]

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Wong Ping: Digital Fables

Monday, April 12–Sunday, April 18 Gene Siskel Film Center Virtual Cinema Six films by the Hong Kong based artist and animator Wong Ping. Presented in partnership with the Open Practice Committee in the Department of Visual Arts at the University of Chicago. Self-described as “low-tech, stand-up comedies,” Wong Ping’s animations and installations combine ribald humor with […]

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Ian Cheng

Tuesday, April 06, 6:30 p.m.–7:45 p.m. CT Zoom Live captions available. Join us live for a virtual lecture by artist Ian Cheng followed by an audience Q&A. Presented in partnership with SAIC’s Visiting Artists Program. Drawing on principles of video game design, improvisation, and cognitive science, Ian Cheng’s practice explores the nature of mutation and […]

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Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich Lecture and Conversation

Thursday, March 25, 7:00 p.m. CT Gene Siskel Film Center Virtual Cinema Live captions available. Join artist Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich and art historian Romi Crawford, professor in visual and critical studies and liberal arts at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, for this look at Hunt-Ehrlich’s practice, including her ongoing work with the United Order […]

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