{"id":3141,"date":"2017-02-20T15:53:40","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T20:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/?p=3141"},"modified":"2017-02-21T10:40:35","modified_gmt":"2017-02-21T15:40:35","slug":"walid-raad-lecture-wednesday-222","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/2017\/02\/20\/walid-raad-lecture-wednesday-222\/","title":{"rendered":"Walid Raad Lecture Wednesday 2\/22"},"content":{"rendered":"<script>fsg_json['fsg_post_3141'] = [\n{id: 3142, image: 'http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-19-at-11.58.14-PM.png', extlink: '', thumb: 'https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-19-at-11.58.14-PM-290x290.png', permalink: '<div class=\"galleria-layeritem\"><a title=\"Permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/2017\/02\/20\/walid-raad-lecture-wednesday-222\/screen-shot-2017-02-19-at-11-58-14-pm\/#0\"><div class=\"galleria-link-bookmark\"><\/div><\/a><\/div>', layer: '<div class=\"galleria-infolayer\"><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\" style=\"padding-right: 20px;\"><h1>Screen Shot 2017-02-19 at 11.58.14 PM<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\"><a title=\"Permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/2017\/02\/20\/walid-raad-lecture-wednesday-222\/screen-shot-2017-02-19-at-11-58-14-pm\/#0\"><div class=\"galleria-link-bookmark\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\" style=\"padding-right: 20px;\"><\/div>'},\n{id: 3144, image: 'http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2017\/02\/ra_ad_03_body.jpg', extlink: '', thumb: 'https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2017\/02\/ra_ad_03_body-290x290.jpg', permalink: '<div class=\"galleria-layeritem\"><a title=\"Permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/2017\/02\/20\/walid-raad-lecture-wednesday-222\/ra_ad_03_body\/#0\"><div class=\"galleria-link-bookmark\"><\/div><\/a><\/div>', layer: '<div class=\"galleria-infolayer\"><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\" style=\"padding-right: 20px;\"><h1>ra_ad_03_body<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\"><a title=\"Permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/2017\/02\/20\/walid-raad-lecture-wednesday-222\/ra_ad_03_body\/#0\"><div class=\"galleria-link-bookmark\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\" style=\"padding-right: 20px;\"><\/div>'},\n{id: 3145, image: 'http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2017\/02\/ra_ad_01_body.jpg', extlink: '', thumb: 'https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2017\/02\/ra_ad_01_body-290x290.jpg', permalink: '<div class=\"galleria-layeritem\"><a title=\"Permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/2017\/02\/20\/walid-raad-lecture-wednesday-222\/ra_ad_01_body\/#0\"><div class=\"galleria-link-bookmark\"><\/div><\/a><\/div>', layer: '<div class=\"galleria-infolayer\"><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\" style=\"padding-right: 20px;\"><h1>ra_ad_01_body<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\"><a title=\"Permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/2017\/02\/20\/walid-raad-lecture-wednesday-222\/ra_ad_01_body\/#0\"><div class=\"galleria-link-bookmark\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\" style=\"padding-right: 20px;\"><\/div>'},\n{id: 3150, image: 'http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2017\/02\/Walid-Raad-variations-B.jpg', extlink: '', thumb: 'https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2017\/02\/Walid-Raad-variations-B-290x290.jpg', permalink: '<div class=\"galleria-layeritem\"><a title=\"Permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/2017\/02\/20\/walid-raad-lecture-wednesday-222\/walid-raad-variations-b-2\/#0\"><div class=\"galleria-link-bookmark\"><\/div><\/a><\/div>', layer: '<div class=\"galleria-infolayer\"><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\" style=\"padding-right: 20px;\"><h1>Walid Raad variations B<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\"><a title=\"Permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/2017\/02\/20\/walid-raad-lecture-wednesday-222\/walid-raad-variations-b-2\/#0\"><div class=\"galleria-link-bookmark\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\" style=\"padding-right: 20px;\"><\/div>'}\n];<\/script>\n<p>Artist Walid Raad (b. 1967, Lebanon) will deliver a lecture this Wednesday, February 22 in Taylor 203 at 5:30pm. Using\u00a0various media, including photography, video, sculpture, and performance, Raad&#8217;s work is &#8220;dedicated to exploring the veracity of photographic and video documents in the public realm, the role of memory and narrative within discourses of conflict, and the construction of histories of art in the Arab world&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.moma.org\/calendar\/exhibitions\/1493\">MoMA site<\/a>). Raad\u2019s experiences of living in Lebanon during the civil war (1975\u201391), and of the various socioeconomic and military policies\u00a0that have shaped the Middle East over the last few decades, have had an immense effect on his work.<\/p>\n<p><a data-postid=\"fsg_post_3141\" data-imgid=\"3142\" href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-19-at-11.58.14-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3142\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-19-at-11.58.14-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"687\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-19-at-11.58.14-PM.png 687w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-19-at-11.58.14-PM-300x198.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Raad\u2019s works include The Atlas Group, a fifteen-year project between 1989 and 2004 about the contemporary history of Lebanon, and the ongoing projects Scratching on Things I Could Disavow and Sweet Talk: Commissions (Beirut). Both The Atlas Group and\u00a0<i>Scratching on things I could disavow<\/i> were featured in an exhibition in the Museum of Modern Art from October 2015 through January 2016.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3144\" style=\"width: 558px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a data-postid=\"fsg_post_3141\" data-imgid=\"3144\" href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2017\/02\/ra_ad_03_body.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3144\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3144\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2017\/02\/ra_ad_03_body.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"548\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2017\/02\/ra_ad_03_body.jpg 548w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2017\/02\/ra_ad_03_body-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2017\/02\/ra_ad_03_body-285x214.jpg 285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 548px) 100vw, 548px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3144\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Operator #17\/The Atlas Group, I Only Wish That I Could Weep, 1999\u20132002, color video.<br \/>Source: BOMB Magazine<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A\u00a0Professor of Art in The Cooper Union, Raad has published several books, including\u00a0<em>Walkthrough,<\/em> <em>The Truth Will Be Known When The Last Witness Is Dead<\/em>,<em> My Neck Is Thinner Than A Hair<\/em>,<em> Let\u2019s Be Honest The Weather Helped<\/em>, and<em> Scratching on Things I Could Disavow.<\/em><\/p>\n<div>If you&#8217;re interested in learning more about Raad&#8217;s work before attending this lecture, please read this <a href=\"http:\/\/bombmagazine.org\/article\/2504\/walid-ra-ad\">interview<\/a> conducted by Alan Gilbert and published in\u00a0<em>BOMB.<\/em><\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3145\" style=\"width: 558px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a data-postid=\"fsg_post_3141\" data-imgid=\"3145\" href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2017\/02\/ra_ad_01_body.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3145\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3145\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2017\/02\/ra_ad_01_body.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"548\" height=\"893\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2017\/02\/ra_ad_01_body.jpg 548w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2017\/02\/ra_ad_01_body-184x300.jpg 184w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 548px) 100vw, 548px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3145\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Fadl Fakhouri\/The Atlas Group, Notebook Volume 38, plate 60, Already Been in a Lake of Fire, 1975\u20132002. All photos courtesy of The Atlas Group\/Ra&#8217;ad, 2002.<br \/>Source: BOMB Magazine<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>This lecture will be preceded by a reception in the Jade Room of Taylor Hall at 4:00pm.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a data-postid=\"fsg_post_3141\" data-imgid=\"3150\" href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2017\/02\/Walid-Raad-variations-B.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3150\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2017\/02\/Walid-Raad-variations-B-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2017\/02\/Walid-Raad-variations-B-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2017\/02\/Walid-Raad-variations-B-768x1187.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2017\/02\/Walid-Raad-variations-B-663x1024.jpg 663w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2017\/02\/Walid-Raad-variations-B.jpg 1650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artist Walid Raad (b. 1967, Lebanon) will deliver a lecture this Wednesday, February 22 in Taylor 203 at 5:30pm. Using\u00a0various media, including photography, video, sculpture, and performance, Raad&#8217;s work is <a href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/2017\/02\/20\/walid-raad-lecture-wednesday-222\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"sr-only\">Read more about Walid Raad Lecture Wednesday 2\/22<\/span>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3743,"featured_media":3142,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3743"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3141"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3151,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3141\/revisions\/3151"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}