Active Audiences: On the Representation and Theory of Spectatorship, Activism, and Public Culture

When

  • Saturday
  • Mar. 31, 2012
  • 5:00 PM

Description

AUDIENCE AS SUBJECT
Active Audiences: On the Representation and Theory of Spectatorship, Activism, and Public Culture
Mar 31, 2012 5:00pm
Admission: FREE w/ gallery admission
Screening Room
An engaging panel discussion featuring four speakers representing different perspectives on current artistic trends around audiences, spectators, and fans. Academics Henry Jenkins (University of Southern California) and Andrew Weiner (California College of the Arts), with artists Andrea Bowers and Tania Bruguera (via skype), examine issues of spectatorship in contemporary practice in an attempt to understand the individual's behavior within environments of collective participation.

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Phone

415-978-2700

Where

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
701 Mission St.
San Francisco, CA 94103


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