In Conversation: Carolyn Lazard & Meg Onli

Sat Mar 11 2023 at 04:00 pm to 05:30 pm

Institute of Contemporary Art | Philadelphia

Institute of Contemporary Art
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In Conversation: Carolyn Lazard & Meg Onli
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Join us in conversation with artist, Carolyn Lazard and curator, Meg Onli as they discuss the themes and process behind Long Take.
About this Event

Carolyn Lazard (b. 1987, Penn MFA ’19) works across mediums to explore the relationship between dependency, care, and debility. Their work questions how dominant ways of art-making and working value efficiency and ability over life itself. Lazard’s art positions care as a collective concern rather than an individual one, shifting our assumptions around accessibility and how we come together.

Long Take marks the artist’s debut solo exhibition in Philadelphia. Thinking through accessibility as a methodology, Lazard presents this dance work sonically rather than visually. The artist considers how a performance might be communicated beyond its image and questions why visuality has been the default vehicle for aesthetic experience. This work was created with dancer and writer Jerron Herman and poet and artist Joselia Rebekah Hughes. Lazard encourages us to think about the often-unseen networks of care, labor, and friendship that make collaborative endeavors possible, whether it be the making of an artwork, an exhibition, or dinner.

The exhibition is curated by Meg Onli, Curator; Pavel Pyś, Curator, Visual Arts, Walker Art Center; and Olivia Aherne, Curator, Exhibitions, Nottingham Contemporary.

To learn more about the exhibition, visit our website here.

ICA is always Free. For All.

Free admission is courtesy of Amanda and Glenn Fuhrman.

ASL interpretation will be provided for this program.

If you require any accessibility accommodations such as audio description or ASL interpretation, or have any questions about the program, please contact Brittany Clottey ([email protected]).

Support

Carolyn Lazard: Long Take is co-commissioned by Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania; the Walker Art Center; and Nottingham Contemporary.

Additional support has been provided by Linda & Jeffrey Chodorow, Cheri & Steven Friedman, Marjorie & Michael Levine, B.Z. & Michael Schwartz, Patricia & Howard Silverstein, and Dorothy & Stephen Weber.

Programming at ICA is made possible in part by the Emily and Jerry Spiegel Fund to Support Contemporary Culture and Visual Arts and the Lise Spiegel Wilks and Jeffrey Wilks Family Foundation. Public and Student Engagement at ICA is supported by the Bernstein Public Engagement Fund, Suzanne Weiss Doft & Jacob W. Doft, Hilarie L. & Mitchell Morgan, and by Dana McDonald Strong & Mark W. Strong.

*Please keep in mind that registration does not guarantee admission.


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Institute of Contemporary Art, 118 South 36th Street, Philadelphia, United States

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