"I Have No Place in the World" / On Hélio Oiticica Fri, July 14, 2017, 6:30 pm

"I Have No Place in the World"
On Hélio Oiticica

Fri, July 14, 2017
6:30 pm

People lay in multicolored hammocks with projections on the walls behind them.
People lay in multicolored hammocks with projections on the walls behind them.

Hélio Oiticica and Neville D’Almeida, CC5 Hendrix-War, 1973 (installation view, Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis, 2010–2011). Slide series, hammocks, and soundtrack. César and Claudio Oiticica, Rio de Janeiro and Neville D’Almeida. © César and Claudio Oiticica, and Neville D’Almeida

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In 1969, while living in London, and a year before relocating to New York City, the Brazilian artist Hélio Oiticica wrote, "I have no place in the world." In conjunction with the exhibition Hélio Oiticica: To Organize Delirium, this panel discussion considers Oiticica’s work in relation to transnationalism and the politics of aesthetics and explores the significance of his work to contemporary art practices. Speakers include scholars Irene V. Small and Frederico Coelho and artists Matheus Rocha Pitta and Lyle Ashton Harris. 

Tickets are required ($8 adults; $6 members, students, and seniors).

This event will be live-streamed on YouTube.


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