Queer Durations Symposium

QUEER DURATIONS is a three-day symposium delving into the significance of duration as a vital aesthetic concern for queer and trans performance, visual, and media artists. Seeking to illuminate connections between duration and the artistic rendering of queer lives, communities, and subjectivities, the gathering will feature performances as well as talks by artists, scholars, and curators.Panels and Public Conversations:Queer Durations, Queer Generations Thurs. Dec. 5 at 5pm With Julie Tolentino, Simon Leung, and Jonathan Berger, moderated by Leon Hilton.On Curating Durational Performance Fri. Dec. 6 at 10:30am With Adrienne Edwards, Shoghig Halajian, and Lia Gangitano, moderated by Thea Quiray Tagle.Lineages of Duration, Empire, and Queer Reciprocity in the Work of Julie Tolentino Fri. Dec. 6 at 1:30pm With Leticia Alvarado, Summer Kim Lee, J Dellecave, and Leon Hilton.A Conversation with the Artists of QUEER DURATIONS Sat. Dec. 7 at 1pm With Anh Vo, Dorian Wood, Xiomara Sebastián Castro Niculescu, and Elliot Reed, moderated by Tavia Nyong’o.On Time Passes Sat. Dec. 7 at 3pm With Sharon Hayes, Heather Love, and Brooke O’Harra. QUEER DURATIONS is produced by Brown Arts Institute and the Department of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies as part of the inaugural Brown Arts IGNITE Series, with additional support from the Pembroke Center’s Faculty Seed Grant Program and the Department of American Studies and US Latino Studies Fund.