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Guggenheim Forum is a continuing series of moderated
online discussions catalyzing intelligent conversation on the arts,
architecture, and design. Several times each year, experts from a variety of
fields inquire into and debate topics related to the museum’s exhibition
program.
Each Forum unfolds over the course of one week. During that period, visitors to
Guggenheim.org are encouraged to send in comments. Responses will be posted for
consideration by the panelists and to contribute to the overall dialogue. A
live chat session takes place during each Forum, allowing visitors to
communicate directly with our experts in a lively, immediate approach to the
subject at hand.
Guggenheim Forum
Get Real
September 12–16, 2011
Lee Ufan began making art in the
mid-1960s out of a conviction that modern existence has been
increasingly detached from its underlying conditions, isolating us in a bubble
of representations. Today the intensity and penetration of mass media in daily
life has reached a point at which the question of where existence “really” lies
has become difficult to answer. In this iteration of Guggenheim Forum,
experts ask whether what is real is based more in material or code, social
agreement or spirit. Panelists include Elizabeth Grosz, Professor
of Women's and Gender Studies at Rutgers University, and Douglas
Hofstadter, College of Arts and Sciences
Distinguished Professor of Cognitive Science and Comparative Literature at
Indiana University. The discussion will
be moderated by Alison Goddard, correspondent for The Economist.
As part of “Get Real,” one-hour live chat
with Alison Goddard and Ian Hacking took place September 12, 2011. “Get Real”
is presented
in concert with the exhibition Lee Ufan: Marking
Infinity, on view at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York,
through September 28, 2011.
UPCOMING GUGGENHEIM FORUM
The next Guggenheim Forum will take place in spring 2012. Information on its subject and participants will be announced soon.
Declarations
Declarations
showcases a wide range of artists, scholars, activists, businesspeople,
and government leaders offering concise remarks on topical themes
related
to the museum’s exhibitions. Readers are invited to join the
discussion
by submitting their own statements.
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