2010-03-23

A Noisy Brush with the Infinite, lecture by Dr. Laura Marks


Laura is a writer, theorist, curator and teacher who can completely change your life. The following is her upcoming lecture/event. Ready for the most imaginative, deep and mindful experience.

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A Noisy Brush with the Infinite
keynote lecture by Laura U. Marks
Noise Not Noise festival, The Western Front
Friday March 26, 7 p.m. Free.
Followed by a performance by noise artist KK Null at 8 p.m.
The Western Front, 303 East 8th Avenue

I'll be talking about noise in light of a model I call Image-Information-Infinite, which explains how certain things arrive to our perception (Image) from the universe (Infinite) and others do not. According to this model, noise is part of the infinite that is often filtered before we perceive it, the result being that what we end of seeing is Information. So the question is, how can we lift away the imposed filters and create our own ways of making contact with the infinite, without drowning in noise? And how can we appreciate the extra layers that information adds to the image?

Dr. Laura U. Marks
Dena Wosk University Professor of Art and Culture Studies
School for the Contemporary Arts
Simon Fraser University


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