"We Have No Word in English for This" and Other Words From Obituaries: A Performance-Lecture by Dianna Frid

Thu, October 24, 2024 7:00 PM - Thu, October 24, 2024 8:30 PM at RCAH Theater, Snyder-Phillips Hall, 361 Physics Rd., East Lansing

Join us for a performance-lecture by artist Dianna Frid as she discusses her artist's books and mixed-media works with a focus on her series "Words from Obituaries."

A brief meet and greet will follow.

All events are free and open to the public. Click here to view/download event flyer.

Click here to view a video of this performance-lecture on our YouTube page.

 

Dianna Frid is an artist working at the intersection of material texts and textiles. Her artist’s books and mixed-media works make visible the tactile manifestations of language. In her work, embroidery is a prominent vehicle for exploring the relationships between writing and drawing, and the overlaps of transcription, translation, and legibility.  Frid was born in Mexico City, where she was first exposed to textiles as complex codes of material writing. At the age of fifteen she immigrated, with her family, to Vancouver, Canada.  These and other points of reference help her situate her work alongside lineages that embrace art and needlework without framing them in hierarchical opposition.  Time, Rhythm, Process, and Matter are never in opposition.

Dianna Frid is Professor in the Art Department at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. Frid has received numerous grants including a 3Arts Award, as well as support from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Illinois Arts Council and the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events.

English is Dianna Frid's stepmother tongue.