C. Ondine Chavoya - Tactics of Ephemerality: Interventionist Public Art in Los Angeles

HTC Forum Spring 2009: Outside The HTC Forum this Spring explores the relationship between landscape and urbanism, public/street art, and the role of criticism from outside of traditional print media. Organized by the History, Theory, and Criticism of Architecture and Art at MIT with the generous support of the Lipstadt-Stieber Fund. C. Ondine Chavoya Tactics of Ephemerality: Interventionist Public Art in Los Angeles Tuesday, March 31 6:30 pm Room 3-133 Chavoya will examine the influence of art collective Asco’s urban interventions and conceptual art practices on the work of LA-based artists, focusing particularly on the mobilization and performance of muralism and graffiti. C. Ondine Chavoya is Associate Professor in the Art Department and Latino Studies Program at Williams College in Williamstown, MA. In addition to curating exhibitions for the Williams Museum of Art, Chavoya has contributed writings on art and urban space in Southern California to numerous books and journals.