Entanglements and Pedacito de cielo (1998 - 2008)

West facade for the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Studies building Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas World Heritage Site (UNESCO). Designed and built in 1956 by the architect Carlos Raúl Villanueva. Polychromy in glass mosaic by Alejandro Otero, 1956. Documentary photograph by Paolo Gasparini, 1967. Photo-collage from the series pedacito de cielo (1998-2008) by Alessandro Balteo Yazbeck.

Date: Thursday, February 7, 2008
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Contact: Jose Luis Falconi, falconi@fas.harvard.edu
Location: Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, 24 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA

Entanglements

Lecture by artist Alessandro Balteo Yazbeck presented in conjunction with the exhibition at the Cert Gallery: Pedacito de cielo (1998 - 2008) Feb 6–April 6, 2008.

Opening reception to follow lecture.

Crude Matters at Harvard

For those of you who have nothing better to do this Friday afternoon, the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard University is hosting the following event: Crude Matters: The 2002 Coup Against Hugo Chávez and its Aftermath, Lecture by Fernando Coronil.

Considering recent events in Venezuela, the second part of the lecture's title seems a little dated. Maybe it should read ...and the Aftermath of its Aftermath ;-). Nevertheless, the speaker's credentials should allow for an interesting talk. Here is the complete information:

Date: Friday, December 14, 2007
Time: 4:30 pm - 6 pm
Contact: Monica Tesorio, smtesor@fas.harvard.edu
Location: CGIS South, Belfer Case Study Room, S-020, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge

Fernando Coronil, Associate Professor of Anthropology and History, University of Michigan; 2004 Cisneros Visiting Scholar, DRCLAS; and author of The Magical State: Nature, Money, and Modernity in Venezuela