9:00 AM | Welcome and Opening Remarks
9:15 to 10:45 AM | FIRST SESSION: INSTITUTIONS/CONSTRAINTS/SURVIVAL
Jina Valentine — “The Inaffective Turn”
A.L. Steiner — “Surplus Text”
Jeff Whetstone — “How I Learned Excel”
10:45 to 11:00 AM | Break
11:00 AM to 12:30 PM | SECOND SESSION: PLACES/SITES/ECOLOGIES
Anya Yermakova — “Bunkers Turned Inside-Out“
Gediminas Urbonas — “Amphibian Praxis”
Hanna Rose Shell — “The Observatory at Climax”
12:30 to 1:30 PM | Lunch/Coffee Break
1:30 to 3:00 PM | THIRD SESSION: MODELS/MAKINGS/ARCHIVES
Beth Coleman — “No Innocent Models”
Peter Galison — “Rematerializing Space-Time-Matter”
Lilia Topouzova — “Translating Absence”
3:00 to 3:15 PM | Break
3:15 to 4:15 PM | FOURTH SESSION: CRITICISM & INTERPRETATION
Alex Kitnick — “Talking Criticism”
Clive Cazeaux — “Interpretation and Narrative Building”
Stand-up & Mini Stretch Break
4:15 to 5:00 PM – Wrap-up Conversation
5:30 PM – MEL CHIN | Keynote Address (PUBLIC EVENT)
6:30 to 7:15 PM | Reception