Join us for a lively conversation between artists LaToya Ruby Frazier and Cauleen Smith—both of whose work are currently on view in VideoStudio: Changing Same. Each artist will give a multi-media presentation about the relationship between their work and their conceptions of political and social change. The talks will be followed by a conversation moderated by Exhibition Coordinator and Program Associate Thomas J. Lax.

Photographer and video artist LaToya Ruby Frazier will discuss her interest in documentary photography and filmmaking, specifically to complicate contemporary debates about environmental racism and health care in her community. Filmmaker Cauleen Smith will discuss her interest in elliptical narratives about black outsiders and her interest in creating subtle destabilizations in the viewer's experience as a way of addressing social questions. Together, their conversation will investigate the relationship between art-making and political life; communities and urban planning; and social change and the creative imagination.

VideoStudio: Changing Same presents the work of four artists—Dineo Seshee Bopape, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Akosua Adoma Owusu and Cauleen Smith—in a series of one-month programs, each focused on a single artist. Influenced by an interest in how identity, gender and difference inform artistic practice, the exhibition brings together video and film by four artists who independently explore a set of overlapping themes. Together, their work encourages us to reflect on real and imagined understandings of the past and future, the importance of place and memory, consumer culture and social criticism, and the relationship between artist and viewer.

Artists on Ideas is FREE. Seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis.