The symposium events take place on Thursday evening and all day Friday. All events will take place at the UCLA Hammer Museum. See the logistics page for address and directions. Click here for a PDF version suitable for printing.
Screenings, performances, and discussion by Los Angeles-based artists whose work deals with the symposium themes.
Presented by Shana Lutker
7:00 pm Video screening (45 min): "Core Matters (or GISP2 Chronologies)"
Heather Frazar's video centers on one of the world's longest scientific ice cores - the Greenland Ice Sheet Project Two (GISP2) core - and its (relatively) new life as an object of international climatological inquiry at the National Ice Core Laboratory (NICL) in Denver, CO.
8:00 pm Performance and open discussion (45 min): Ultra-red
In the world of modern electronic music and sound art, Ultra-red distinguish themselves for their intrepid blend of political commitment and innovative sound. This event, an original piece commissioned for Fieldworks, is a rare opportunity to see Ultra-red perform live in Los Angeles.
| 9:00 | Coffee |
| 9:15 | Opening remarks (Denis Cosgrove) |
Morning session (moderated by Heather Frazar)
| 9:30 | Laura Kurgan - Smart Maps |
| 10:00 | Antony Orme - The Art of Landscape Science |
| 10:30 | Juan Geuer - The Truth Seeker Company: of field days and art |
| 11:00 | Break |
| 11:15 | Response and panel discussion (Barbara Maria Stafford, respondent) |
Midday break
| 12:00 | Video screening: Loom Drum (Juan Geuer) |
| 1:00 | Video screening: One Pair of Eyes (Reyner Banham) |
Afternoon session (moderated by Emily Scott)
| 2:15 | Trevor Paglen - Exploring the Pentagon's "Black World": Invisible Wars, Absent Landscapes, and the Limits of the Knowable |
| 2:45 | Dont Rhine (Ultra-red) - ORGANIZED LISTENING - The mobilization of the soundscape |
| 3:15 | Response and panel discussion (Lize Mogel, respondent) |
| 4:00 | Break |
| 4:15 | Round table with all presenters and respondents (moderated by Ewan Branda) |
| 5:00 | Closing remarks |