Symposium—The Room Where It Happens: On the Agency of Interior Spaces

On the Agency of Interior Spaces
 
This symposium explores the spaces of artistic, artisanal, and intellectual production. From the artist’s studio to the alchemist’s lab, the stateroom to the secret chamber, the brick-and-mortar hall to the winding corridors of cyberspace, rooms and their contents have long influenced history and transformed their inhabitants. Held in conjunction with the special exhibition The Philosophy Chamber: Art and Science in Harvard’s Teaching Cabinet, 1766–1820 (May 19–December 31, 2017), this symposium brings together artists, architects, and historians to consider the spaces where objects and ideas are generated.

Keynote Lecture by Louis Nelson
Friday, October 13, 6–7:30pm

Symposium Presentations, with Closing Remarks by Artist Mark Dion
Saturday, October 14, 10am–5pm

Harvard Art Museums
Menschel Hall
32 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA

Free and open to the public. Limited seating is available and registration is required. (You can register through HUBweek for the keynote lecture here and for the day of presentations here.) Please enter the museums via the entrance on Broadway. Doors will open at 5:30pm on October 13 and 9:30am on October 14.


 

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Further Reading

The exhibition’s accompanying catalogue—available in our shop—advances new understandings of early American art history and will serve as a rich resource for any reader interested in the art and culture of the Atlantic World.

Visit our calendar for more information on the exciting lineup of exhibition-related lectures, gallery talks, and other events.
 

 
 
 

This project is supported in part by major grants from the Terra Foundation for American Art and the Henry Luce Foundation.

The exhibition and catalogue were also supported by the following endowed funds: the Bolton Fund for American Art, Gift of the Payne Fund; the Henry Luce Foundation Fund for the American Art Department; the William Amory Fund; and the Andrew W. Mellon Publication Funds, including the Henry P. McIlhenny Fund.

Image: Installation view of Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), 1786–1827, prepared by Charles Wilson Peale (1741–1827). Animal specimen. Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ornithology Department, Harvard University, TL41676.1.



 
           
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