My Electric Genealogy

Sarah Kanouse

Monday, 09 Mar 2015 at 4:00 pm – South Ballroom, Memorial Union

Sarah Kanouse is an interdisciplinary artist and writer examining the politics of landscape and public space. Her research-based creative projects trace the production of space through ecological, historical, and legal forces. This performative presentation weaves together images, objects, and personal accounts to explore aging electrical infrastructure as inter-generational climate debt. An Associate Professor of Intermedia and Dean's Scholar at the University of Iowa, Kanouse teaches courses in video/time-based media and art and ecology. The Goldtrap Lecture in English
Sarah Kanouse's work has been screened or exhibited at Documenta 13, The Banff Centre, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, The Cooper Union, and the Smart Museum, as well as in numerous festivals and art spaces internationally. She has published on performative and site-based contemporary art practices in Art Journal, Acme, Leonardo, Parallax and in the forthcoming volume Critical Landscapes (University of California Press).

Cosponsored By:
  • English
  • Goldtrap Lecture Fund
  • Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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