This event is in the past.It took place on April 16, 2026 at Oshman Hall, McMurtry Building.
Fine Arts TalkFine Arts TalkThe Work of Risk: Guerrilla Art for Surviving the Carceral Present
Stanford
What happens to art when making it might get you arrested? Faye Gleisser unpacks how artists from 1967 to 1987 developed guerrilla tactics to create under surveillance, turning risk itself into a form of creative knowledge.
Academic lecture
Contemporary art theory
Performance art focus
Social justice themes
Tips
🪑chairs are notoriously uncomfortable, arrive early for aisle
🏆Gleisser's book won 2024 ASAP Book Prize
🎓open to public, no art background needed
The Work of Risk: Guerrilla Art for Surviving the Carceral Present
Fine Arts TalkFine Arts TalkWhat happens to art when making it might get you arrested? Faye Gleisser unpacks how artists from 1967 to 1987 developed guerrilla tactics to create under surveillance, turning risk itself into a form of creative knowledge.
Academic lecture
Contemporary art theory
Performance art focus
Social justice themes
Tips
🪑chairs are notoriously uncomfortable, arrive early for aisle
🏆Gleisser's book won 2024 ASAP Book Prize
🎓open to public, no art background needed
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