Lecture: Kiesler’s Vision Machines
Off-Campus Arts Event
Lecture: Kiesler’s Vision Machines
Guest curator Mark Wasiuta speaks about the research behind the current exhibition Frederick Kiesler: Vision Machines, on view through July 28, 2024.
FREE
The Jewish Museum
May 30, 2024 | 6:30 pm
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Event Details

Guest curator Mark Wasiuta speaks about the research behind the current exhibition Frederick Kiesler: Vision Machines, on view through July 28, 2024.

Speaker Details

Mark Wasiuta is co-director of the Critical, Curatorial and Conceptual Practices in Architecture program at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation. Wasiuta is recipient of recent grants from the Onassis Foundation, the Asian Cultural Council, NYSCA, and the Graham Foundation, where he was an inaugural Graham Foundation Fellow.

Location

The Jewish Museum
1109 5th Ave at 92nd St
New York, NY 10128

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About The Event

This event is included in admission, which is free to Columbia students through the Passport to Museums program.

Guest curator Mark Wasiuta speaks about the research behind the current exhibition Frederick Kiesler: Vision Machines (on view through July 28, 2024). Providing a concise yet rich examination of Frederick John Kiesler’s (1890-1965) experimental design practice through the activities of his Laboratory for Design Correlation at Columbia University from the late 1930s to the early 1940s, the show also explores two essential projects: the Mobile Home Library, a device proposed to radically alter domestic space, and the Vision Machine, an ambitious apparatus intended to visualize human sight—from optics and nerve stimuli to dream content and dream images.

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Image: Exterior of the Jewish Museum