[Nettime-ro] reminder PAVILION Lecture Series - Lara Taubman

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PAVILION
Lecture Series (VII)

19 Octomber 2006, 18.00 hours
American Cultural Center Bucuresti
Str. Jean Louis Calderon, nr.7-9

/see Romanian version below/

Lara Taubman, “The Fool”

The Fool is made of two essays and one short fiction story all inspired 
by True North (2005) by Isaac Julien. The first essay examines the 
film's main character Vanessa Myrie, a nomad wandering through the 
blank, icy desert of Antarctica.  Julien uses Myrie to propose new 
ideas on diaspora  using the ocean as frozen desert and site for 
migration offering an alternative to Robert Paul Gilroy's ideas of 
diaspora in the liquid Black Atlantic.   
In a critical reading of Walter Benjamin's essay based on Baudelaire's 
depiction of the ubiquitous but anonymous urban wanderer of 19th 
century Paris, The Flaneur, I propose Myrie as today'sflaneur. This 
flaneur embodies the persona of  Modernist man. The third fictional 
story applies comparisons discussed in the first two essays between 
urban/wilderness, inner/outer world, physical/conceptual explorations, 
etc.  A woman, cheated out of love, searches for her lost identity. 
Through her torn illusions, she obtains a clear view of what and whom 
she will be in the future. Like Vanessa Myrie, she is also an explorer 
seeking identity in the blankness of her own mind where her painful 
loss reflects into her mind that is blankened by grief.
Her presence in The Fool proposes the feminine subject as indispensable 
when discussing the future of diaspora and identity. Benjamin's flaneur 
serves as a reflexive foundation ideal for creating a new person of the 
future as seen in Vanessa Myrie, a figure who proposes how identity in 
diaspora can initiate in the female "everyman" rather than a diaspora 
that is created through reactions to a male dominated patriarchy.
 
Lara Taubman is an art critic and curator based in Phoenix, Arizona. 
She hold a Master of Arts Degree at NYU. She curated recently “Beauty, 
Function & Paradox in Downtown Phoenix” and “A Warlike People: Victims 
or Perpetrators?”. She is permanent contributor of magazines like 
“Sculpture”, “Spot”, “Art Papers,”Java Magazine”, “Shade Magazine”, 
“artUS Magazine” and she is newly appointed correspondent for 
“Artforum.com” and “Artnews” magazines.

Pavilion Lecture Series is produced by PAVILION, contemporary art & 
culture magazine.
www.pavilionmagazine.org

PAVILION is the producer of BUCHAREST BIENNALE.
www.bucharestbiennale.org

Admission free.

Please plan to arrive by earlier in order to allow for security 
checking. Identity documents are required for entry.

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Lara Taubman, “The Fool”

"The Fool" este alcatuit din doua eseuri si o scurta poveste inspirate 
de lucrarea video "True North" (2005) al lui Isaac Julien. Primul eseu 
o are in centru pe Vanessa Myrie, o nomada ce hoinareste prin desertul 
alb si inghetat al Antarticii. Julien foloseste acest personaj pentru a 
propune o noua perspectiva asupra diasporei folosind desertul inghetat 
ca spatiul al migratiei. Aceasta este o alternativa la lucrarea lui 
Robert Paul Gilroy care foloseste imaginea Atlanticului negru. Intr-o 
lectura critica a eseului lui Walter Benjamin, bazat pe descrierea lui 
Baudelaire a hoinarului urban din Parisul secolului XIX, flaneurul, o 
propun pe Myrie ca fiind flaneurul zilelor noastre. Flaneurul 
intrupeaza omul modernist. Cea de-a treia poveste aplica comparatiile 
discutate in
primele doua eseuri: urban/salbatic, viata interioara/viata publica, 
explorari fizice/conceptuale. O femeie, inselata in dragoste isi cauta 
identitatea pierduta. Prin intermediul iluziilor neimplinite, ea 
descopera cine si cum va fi in viitor.
Ca si Vanessa Myrie, ea este un explorartor ce-si cauta identitatea in 
pustietatea mintii. Prezenta ei in "The Fool" propune imaginea femeii 
indispensabile in cazul discutiilor despre diaspora si identitate. 
Flaneurul lui Benjamin este idealul folosit in crearea unui personaj al 
viitorul cum este Vanessa Myrie, o figura a identitatii in diaspora, 
identitate ce este creata prin reactii la societatea patriarhala.

Lara Taubman este critic de arta si curator din Phoenix, Arizona. 
Detine Master of Arts Degree al NYU. A curatoriat recent “Beauty, 
Function & Paradox in Downtown Phoenix” si “A Warlike People: Victims 
or Perpetrators?”. Este colaborator permanent al revistelor 
“Sculpture”, “Spot”, “Art Papers,”Java Magazine”, “Shade Magazine”, 
“artUS Magazine” si a fost recent numitacorespondent al “Artforum.com” 
si “Artnews”.

Pavilion Lecture Series este produsa de PAVILION, revista de arta si 
cultura contemporana.
www.pavilionmagazine.org

PAVILION este producatorul BUCHAREST BIENNALE.
www.bucharestbiennale.org

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