Illustration Symposium

Steve Guranaccia is putting together a terrific event at Parson's, Illustration Today that highlights what is new in illustration. The lineup looks great, definitely worth the trip, especially since it's coinciding with the American Illustration party on the 9th.

Speaking of symposiums, it's been a busy fall for me after the thesis show. I went to the University of Victoria's interarts event in September. Saw some great speakers, and some creative installations. I particularly liked Jamie Jewett's presentation of Restless, a poem interpreted into dance that he choreographed.

Just a few days after getting back from that, I headed off to Vienna for Scope II, Sites and Subjects, a symposium on cultural heritage. Homi Bhabha and Peter Weibel were wonderful as keynotes, and had a very interesting follow up discussion. Churchill Madikida from South Africa had a very interesting talk about the Constitution Hill Museum. He talked about the meaning of place historically, and how buildings carry with them the events and cultures of the past, which are not something people want to remember. What do you do with monuments that are left behind by colonial occupations?