TANIA LIBRE: A New Film by Lynn Hershman Leeson

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Thursday, November 2, 2017 - 7:00pm

Culture Shifts and OCAD U’s Art & Social Change Present:

TANIA LIBRE: A New Film by Lynn Hershman Leeson

With Tania Bruguera and Dr. Frank Ochberg

Narrated by Tilda Swinton

 

Thursday November 2

OCAD University, Room 240

7pm

"Dr. Frank Ochberg is a psychiatrist and trauma specialist in New York. His specialty is post-traumatic stress disorders and Stockholm syndrome. The famous Cuban artist Tania Bruguera, after having been a prisoner of conscience in Cuba for eight months, is accused of treason for the preparation of a government-critical performance. In a conversation with the therapist, she analyzes the revolutionary potential of art and a censorship authority that intervenes before the actual genesis of the work. Performance art, with its short-term, spontaneous and ephemeral element Bruguera can not be discouraged; six months after her release, she invites artists from all over the world to Cuba." (Berlinale Nighttalk, Radio Eins)

 

Artist/Activist Tania Bruguera is the 2017 Nomadic Resident at OCAD University from Nov. 6 to 10, 2017. Throughout the weeklong residency, Bruguera will conduct workshops and talks to engage students, faculty and communities at OCAD U.

 

Nomadic Residents continues with the generous support of the Jack Weinbaum Family Foundation 

Venue & Address: 
OCAD University, 100 McCaul St., Room 240 Toronto, ON
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