Topicality, Fluidity, Flexibility: Visual Negotiations from Port of Spain

A Lecture by Trinidadian Artist and Writer Christopher Cozier

Date: Monday, November 10, 2008
Time: 5:30 p.m.
Location: College of Arts and Sciences Gallery, Wesley Foundation Building, University of Miami, 1210 Stanford Drive, Coral Gables, Florida 33124

At the occasion of the second lecture of the Caribbean Visual Arts Website Series, artist Christopher Cozier discusses the genealogy of his work, citing Wait, the Dorothy Wait series, Icarus, and the Tropical Night Series.  Cozier addresses the themes, media and social critique within his work.  Towards the end of the talk, Cozier moves into his current project, Sound Systems, which deals with the way that sound resonates in space.  Introduced by Dr. Patricia Sanders.