Abstract
lauren woods gave the keynote address at annual SLSA conference.
11/7 : Session 13J: ROUNDTABLE: Gallery talk in American Monument
Take a walk with Simon Leung and Kimberli Meyer to the Beall Center and experience American Monument, an artwork by lauren woods that examines the cultural conditions under which African Americans lose their lives to police brutality. A participatory inter-media monument, the artwork provides a vehicle for analyzing the complex relationship between the construction of race, material violence, structural power, and monumentality itself. In this gallery visit, which will immediately precede the plenary event "In Conversation with lauren woods,” Leung and Meyer will discuss the work and invite participants to respond.
11/8: PLENARY EVENT: In Conversation with lauren woods
Artist lauren woods will give a brief presentation about her American Monument installation, followed by an open conversation with guest discussants. American Monument is a multi-media installation addressing police brutality and the killing of African Americans by police officers. The centerpiece of the work consists of a grid of 25 record players, each holding a record related to one of these deaths. American Monument will be on view at the Beall Center for Art + Technology concurrently with the conference.