. Conversations at the Edge (CATE)

Anocha Suwichakornpong: Mundane History and Nightfall

Saturday, October 23, 5:00 p.m. Theatrical Screening Gene Siskel Film Center The corporeal and the cosmic collide to mesmerizing effect in Anocha Suwichakornpong’s debut feature. Mundane History begins straightforwardly enough, as nurse Pun takes a new job caring for Ake, a paralyzed young man whose angry defiance gradually softens into grudging respect. But as the two men […]

Anocha Suwichakornpong, Tulapop Saenjaroen, and Pom Bunsermvicha in Conversation

with Melika Bass Friday, October 22, 6:00 p.m. Virtual Event Gene Siskel Film Center Virtual Cinema Closed captions available Free for all audiences. Tickets ​​Join Anocha Suwichakornpong, Tulapop Saenjaroen, and Pom Bunsermvicha for a wide-ranging conversation about their collaborative projects, self-reflexive approach to media, and engagement with the history and politics of Thailand. ABOUT THE ARTISTS […]

Anocha Suwichakornpong: By the Time It Gets Dark

Thursday, October 21–Thursday, October 28 Theatrical Screening with Lemongrass Girl (Pom Bunsermvicha, 2021) Thursday, October 21, 6:00 p.m. Gene Siskel Film Center Wheelchair and mobility device accessible; hearing loop equipped Free for SAIC students, $5 for SAIC/AIC faculty and staff, and $12 for the general public. SAIC student and SAIC/AIC faculty and staff tickets are available from the Gene […]

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 Wheelchair and mobility device accessible; hearing loop equipped Free for SAIC students, $5 for SAIC/AIC faculty and staff, and $12 for the general public. SAIC student and SAIC/AIC faculty and staff tickets […]

Lynda Benglis in Conversation

with Molly Donovan Friday, October 08, 6:00 p.m. Virtual Event Gene Siskel Film Center Virtual Cinema Closed captions available Free for all audiences. Tickets 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 […]

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 Wheelchair and mobility device accessible; hearing loop equipped Free for SAIC students, $5 for SAIC/AIC faculty and staff, and $12 for the general public. […]

Renée Green In Conversation

with Jordan Carter Monday, September 27, 6:00 p.m. Virtual Event Real-time closed captions available Register here. 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 […]

Renée Green

Partially Buried, Partially Buried Continued, and Mise-en-scène: Commemorative Toile Thursday, September 23–Thursday, September 30 Three videos 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 Wheelchair and mobility […]

Wong Ping Lecture and Conversation

with Orianna Cacchione Thursday, April 15, 7:00 p.m. Gene Siskel Film Center Virtual Cinema FREE / Live captions 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. Six of Wong Ping’s […]

Wong Ping: Digital Fables

Monday, April 12–Sunday, April 18 Gene Siskel Film Center Virtual Cinema FREE  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.  Wong Ping, 2014-2018, Hong Kong, ca 63 minutes, Cantonese with English subtitles Self-described […]

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