CIA BFAs - May 4 through May 9 - Party May 8!

Thomas Zummer gave the last “Lunch on Fridays” talk of the spring semester. The turnout was excellent and the pizza was delicious as always. A wonderfully witty and deeply intelligent man we’re looking forward to having him with us as a visiting artist for the Fall semester.

Coming up this week are of course BFAs. It’s always an exciting week that gives the CIA community an opportunity to see what all the seniors have been working on and engage in the always scintillating exchanges that go along with the defenses. While not open to the public during the day, in the evenings and especially on Friday night when there’s a huge party the public’s invited in to take a look around. It’s my favorite week of the school year.

The Cleveland Institute of Art
BFA Thesis Show
JMC – the Factory
11610 Eculid Ave
Cleveland

Public Hours –
Monday, May 4 to Thursday, May 7
7 pm to 9 pm
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Saturday, May 9
10 am to 5 pm
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Friday, May 8
BFA Reception and Party
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
7 pm to 11 pm

Thomas Zummer -- the last "Lunch on Fridays" for this season

I'm really looking forward to this talk. I think it's going to be interesting.

Friday, April 27
12:15
Ohio Bell Auditorium - CIA - Gund

Static, Fragments, Afterimages: Problematics of the Image
a talk by - Thomas Zummer

An investigation into the technics and mediation of images, from drawing to digital.

Professor Zummer will discuss some of the practical, and philosophical, aspects of the disposition of images in relation to the technologies, theories and practices of contemporary art-making. He will also present a selection of his own works.

Whether they are used in a primary, secondary, or subsidiary capacity, digital technologies are both ubiquitous and unavoidable for artists and academics. Even the Göttingen Manual, a medieval ‘recipe book’ for the admixture of pigments, or the archives of the Maison du companionage (preserving ancient texts on methods of ironwork, stonework, carpentry, stained glass and tapestry) are available in a digital format. It is also the case that contemporary artists have recourse to remarkable technologies for research and investigation; digital technologies that shape and constrain—and preserve—other media, in a process of remediation. While this process may be masked, or foregrounded (depending upon notions of affect, purity or truth to materials) in primary artworks, it is to be found in almost every subsidiary aspect of a professional career: in the technical reproduction of images, in preliminary compositions, in books, portfolios, curriculae vitae, reviews, promotional materials, and historical archives.

Mr. Zummer will be teaching a sculpture class for the Visual Arts and Technology Environment – “Rhetorical Object (Conceptual Constructions)”

As always “Lunch on Fridays” is free and open to the public. It is sponsored jointly by the Foundation and Liberal Arts Environments. Mr. Zummer appears through the courtesy of the Visual Arts and Technology Environment.