Spring 2021 Season Recap
Thank you for joining us for the Spring 2021 season of Conversations at the Edge! We are so grateful for the artists and scholars who shared their work with us and for our presenting partners, including the School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s (SAIC) Visiting Artists Program, the Open Practice Committee in the Department of […]
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 […]
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 […]
Announcing Spring 2021
We’re excited to announce the Spring 2021 season! Screenings and conversations begin February 8 in the Gene Siskel Film Center’s virtual cinema. Join us for programs with Wendy Clarke (Feb 11), Dustin Gibson, Robert McRuer, Liza Sylvestre, and Minh Nguyen (Feb 25), Madeleine Hunt – Ehrlich (Mar 25), Ian Cheng (Apr 6), and Wong Ping […]
About
Conversations at the Edge is a weekly series of screenings, performances, and talks by groundbreaking media artists.
CATE is organized by SAIC's Department of Film, Video, New Media, and Animation in collaboration with the Gene Siskel Film Center and SAIC's Video Data Bank.
Programs take place at the Gene Siskel Film Center (164 N. State / Chicago, IL / 312.846.2600), unless otherwise noted.
