Encountering Midway: the Role of Horror, Grief, and Beauty in Healing our World
Sponsor(s): Duke University Center for International Studies (DUCIS), Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), Cultural Anthropology, Dance Program, Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI), Music, Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, Office of Durham and Regional Affairs, Office of Global Strategy and Programs, Program in Arts of the Moving Image (AMI), Theater Studies, Vice Provost for the Arts, and Women's Studies Program
Chris Jordan is an internationally acclaimed artist and cultural activist based in Seattle. His work explores contemporary mass culture from a variety of photographic and conceptual perspectives, connecting the viewer viscerally to the enormity and power of humanity¿s collective will. Edge-walking the lines between art and activism, beauty and horror, abstraction and representation, the near and the far, the visible and the invisible, his work asks us to consider our own multi-layered roles in becoming more conscious stewards of our complex and embattled world. Jordan¿s works are exhibited and published worldwide.
Contact: Jennifer Prather