• On View
  • Programs
  • Collections
  • Resources
  • Support
  • About
  • Visit
  • Become a Member
  • E-Newsletter
  • Press
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contemporary Art
  • Photography & Prints
  • Costume & Textiles
  • Become a Member
  • Donate
  • Funders & Sponsors
  • About the Henry
  • People
  • Publications
  • Opportunities
  • University
  • Press
  • Hours & Admission
  • Accessibility
  • Group Visits
  • Reed Collection Study Center
  • Things to Do Nearby
    Auditorium
    Saturday, December 02, 2017, 1:00 PM — 2:30 PM

    (DIS)FIGURATIONS: A Performative Lecture by lauren woods

    In this performative artist lecture, lauren woods probes the construction of race in the white imaginary. A meditation on her lived experience as an artist, mother, and Black woman, this lecture is structured as a letter to herself and dissects the way language circumscribes subjectivity.
     
    This program is presented in conversation with woods’ video (S)Port of San Francisco (2006), which is on view in the exhibition The Time. The Place. In this video, woods casts the gaze of her camera on a crowd of spectators who are watching a group of street performers at the Port of San Francisco, shifting the relationship and power dynamic between the viewer and viewed. Through this lecture, woods will trace the “ethno-fictive” impulse in her work, and her ongoing engagement with the dominant ideologies of “the black body” as a platform by which to examine the self-disfiguration of white psyche.  
     
    lauren woods (U.S., born 1979) is a conceptual artist whose hybrid media projects—film, video and sound installations, public interventions and site-specific work—engage themes of historical justice and public memory, and examine invisible dynamics in society. Among her public works is Drinking Fountain #1, a new media monument to the American Civil Rights Movement located underneath the remnant of a recently rediscovered Jim Crow “White Only” sign. Based in Dallas, Texas, woods is a visiting lecturer at Southern Methodist University.
    CREDITS

    This performative lecture is a Gurvich Contemporary Art Project, made possible by the Helen & Max Gurvich Fund.  Gurvich Projects seek to build connections between Seattle audiences and artists, both locally and around the globe, who are defying convention through their practice. These visiting artists are invited to explore ideas and engage with a range of audiences via a series of experimental programs and platforms. 

    ADMISSION

    $12 General Admission; $6 Students, UW Faculty & Staff, and Seniors; Free for Members. Museum admission included with this program. 

    While ticket sales provide valuable support for Henry programming, we do not want to turn anyone away for lack of funds. A number of free tickets are available with pre-registration. 

    tickets
    ACCESS
    This event is public.
    ACCESSIBILITY
    The Henry is a place for all visitors to enjoy, learn, and be inspired. The museum is fully accessible by wheelchair, and we strive to provide services and accommodations for anyone who needs assistance. Please notify the staff of particular needs or concerns you may have. If you need ASL services, please make your request two weeks in advance of your visit.

    lauren woods (U.S., born 1979). (s) Port of San Francisco [digital video still]. 2006. Single‑channel video (color, with sound); Duration: 16 minute loop.   Henry Art Gallery, gift of Eileen Harris Norton, 2016.270. Image courtesy of the artist.

    Related Programs

    <p>Rirkrit Tiravanija (Argentina, Thailand, born 1961). Untitled (Demonstration no. 146). 2006. Pencil drawing on paper. Henry Art Gallery, gift of David Hoberman, Los Angeles, 2014.286. Image courtesy of the artist and Gavin Brown's Enterprise.<br /></p>
    Exhibitions

    The Time. The Place. Contemporary Art from the Collection

    Nov 4, 2017 - Mar 25/Apr 22, 2018*