The New School
September 14, 2011
Free and open to the public
Program
10:15–12:00 Morning Session: 65 W 12th St., room A404
(Ken Wark, moderator)
1. Graham Harman, “The Four Most Typical Objections to OOO”
2. Aaron Pedinotti, “Occasions, Decisions and the Given: Some Remarks on the Technical Underpinnings of the Harman-Shaviro Debate”
3. Steven Shaviro, “Panpsychism And/Or Eliminativism”
4. McKenzie Wark, “P(OO): Praxis (object-oriented)”
Q&A
12:30–2:30 Luncheon with Jane Bennett, 66 W 12th St., Klein Room A510
The Vera List Center for Art and Politics
NB this is an RSVP event with limited seating. We are working on simulcast possibilities.
2:30–4:00 Afternoon Session: 66 5th Ave., Kellen Auditorium
(Eugene Thacker, moderator)
5. Tim Morton, “Objects, Aesthetics, Causality”
6. Shannon Mattern, “Everything is Infrastructure”
7. Levi Bryant, “Strange Substances: On the Nature of Objects”
8. Mabel Wilson, “Object Lesson – A Pedagogy for Teaching Architects”
Q&A
4:15–6:00 Roundtable discussion, Bark Room
The panelists (Harman, Pedinotti, Shaviro, Wark, Morton, Mattern, Bryant, Wilson)
Featuring a special video appearance by Ian Bogost
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6:00–8:00 Opening, “And Another Thing” exhibition
Co-curated by Katherine Behar and Emmy Mikelson
The James Gallery, CUNY Graduate Center 365 5th Ave.