Scientia Sexualis Convening: Reckoning and Repair (Day 1)

In conjunction with Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles's (ICA LA) PST ART: Art & Science Collide exhibition Scientia Sexualis, ICA LA offers a three-day convening titled Reckoning and Repair to facilitate deep engagement with the exhibition’s timely themes. The weekend will include dynamic conversations between artists, writers, curators, researchers, and historians committed to in-depth explorations of the intersections of art, sex, and science from the perspectives of trans, feminist, anti-racist, and decolonial studies.

Convening participants include: Panteha Abareshi, Howard Chiang, Jennifer Doyle, Eva Hayward, Candice Lin, Perwana Nazif, El Palomar, P. Staff, and Jeanne Vaccaro

Friday, January 10
6PM-7PM: Reception
7PM–8:30PM: Tour of Scientia Sexualis with co-curators Jennifer Doyle and Jeanne Vaccaro and convening participants

Saturday, January 11
1PM–2:30PM: Candice Lin, artist, and Howard Chiang, Professor of East Asian Languages & Cultural Studies, Lai Ho & Wu Cho-liu Endowed Chair in Taiwan Studies, UC Santa Barbara
3PM–4:30PM: Panteha Abareshi, artist; P. Staff, artist; Jeanne Vaccaro, co-curator Scientia Sexualis

Sunday, January 12
1PM–2:30PM: El Palomar, artists, and Perwana Nazif, independent writer, curator, art director for the Los Angeles Review of Books
3PM–4:30PM: Closing lecture with Eva Hayward, scholar of aesthetics, environmental and science studies, and sexuality studies.