7:30–8:30 PM
Kellen Auditorium (N101), Sheila Johnson Design Center, 66 5th Ave
Susannah Sayler and Edward Morris (Sayler/Morris) will discuss their work in the Museum of Capitalism exhibition and their recently released book, Water Gold Soil, in conversation with Maris Moran Jahn, whose current work explores complex historical and personal relationships between humans and copper.
BIO
Susannah Sayler and Edward Morris (Sayler/Morris) work with photography, video, writing, and installation to examine our changing notions of nature, culture, and ecology. Their work is often place-based and focused on historical research.
Their work has been exhibited broadly in the U.S. and internationally, including at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, the Kunsthal in Rotterdam, the North Carolina Museum of Art, the Belvedere Museum, the Museum of Capitalism and the Southeast Center for Contemporary Art. They have been awarded numerous fellowships including the New York Artist Fellowship, the Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship, the Center for Art and Environment Research Fellowship, and the Loeb Fellowship at Harvard Graduate School of Design. They are currently teaching in the Transmedia Department at Syracuse University. Their archives are collected by the Nevada Museum of Art / Reno, Center for Art and Environment.
In 2006, Sayler/Morris co-founded The Canary Project – a studio that produces visual media and artworks that deepen public understanding of climate change and other ecological issues.