You Are Here

November 30 & Dec 1, 2007

You Are Here: A two day conference featuring Contemporary Artists working with mapping and tactical media. With Center for Land Use Interpretation, Matt McCormick, Institute for Applied Autonomy and Nato Thompson.

The map is a device of multiple powers. What happens when this device is purposely redirected by artists? Currently there is tremendous momentum amongst the fields of art, activism, geography and cultural studies. For example, associating the fields of cartography and art can lead to new forms of tourism, overwrite official boundaries with local ecologies, expose governmental secrets and generate new ways of experiencing and understanding our physical environment.

Co-presented by the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts and the Aurora Picture Show, curated by Bree Edwards

Friday, Nov 30, PERFORMANCE
Future So Bright: Live Matt McCormick, Filmmaker

Saturday, Dec 1 CONFERENCE
Experimental Geography Nato Thompson
Chief Curator, Creative Time, NYC

Terminal Air Institute for Applied Autonomy, Artist Collective

Points of Disinterest
in the Gulf Coast Region
Matthew Coolidge
Director, Center For Land Use Interpretation

Upcoming Events

1. Contemporary Salon: Johan Grimonprez

   March 23, 2011

   Johan Grimonprez has achieved international acclaim with his film essay, Dial H-I-S-T-O-R-Y, followed by Looking for Alfred. In his films... (More)

2. I AM THE ONE I ALWAYS WANTED TO MARRY: A One-Woman Performance by MilDRED Gerestant

   March 31, 2011

   The University of Houston Womens, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program in collaboration with the UH Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts, UH Womens Resource Center and UH LGBT Resource Center present I AM THE ONE I ALWAYS WANTED TO MARRY: A One-Woman Performance by MilDRED Gerestant... (More)

3. AURA Dance Concert: Between the Lines

   April 15, 2011

   An evening of world premiere choreography and contemporary chamber music with the UH Dance Ensemble, UH Saxophone Studio and AURA Contemporary Ensemble. Directed by Rob Smith and presented in collaboration with the Moores School of Music... (More)