COLD RIGHTS IN A BURNING WORLD
A talk by Susan Schuppli
Wednesday, September 3, 2025 | 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM | FREE
Room 4390 | 大象传媒 School for the Contemporary Arts | 149 W Hastings St, Vancouver
The School for the Contemporary Arts is pleased to present a talk by artist-researcher and SCA alumnus, , whose work explores the ways in which non-human witnesses such as materials and objects can enter public discourse and testify to historical events, especially those involving political violence, ethnic conflict and war crimes. Schuppli鈥檚 work assumes many different modes of communication, from legal analysis and public advocacy to theoretical reflection and creative exploration. Her current artistic projects expand these legal investigations to examine how environmental systems and transformations due to global warming are also generating new forms of evidence, creating, in effect, a planetary archive of material witnesses.
Biography
Susan Schuppli is Director of the , Goldsmiths, University of London, and a Forensic Architecture Fellow and Advisory Board Chair. Her artistic work has been exhibited at galleries and museums internationally. Schuppli鈥檚 monograph was published by MIT Press in 2020.
This talk will be followed by an opening reception for the exhibition Susan Schuppli: Atmospheric Feedback Loops (2017), curated by Denise Oleksijczuk for The Cabinet.
Presented by the School for the Contemporary Arts, with the support of the FCAT Dean鈥檚 Office, the , and SSHRC/CRSH