Histories of Now: Art, Digital Media + Contemporary Social Movements

Join us for a symposium in conjunction with the “Histories of Now: Six Artists from Cairo” exhibition at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (SMFA), co-organized by metaLAB(at)Harvard. The event features round-table discussions, audio/visual texts—some from the show, others created for the symposium—Q+A sessions with in-person and virtual audiences and a closing reception at SMFA’s Grossman Gallery.

Participants include: Ahmed Abdalla, SMFA; Matthew Battles, metaLAB (at) Harvard; Dalida María Benfield, Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard & Occupy Research; Beth Coleman, MIT; John Ford, Occupy Boston; Maryam Monalisa Gharavi, Harvard University; Mary Ellen Strom, SMFA.

Symposium: Histories of Now: Art, Digital Media + Contemporary Social Movements

March 9, 2012, 1–7 pm

Alfond Auditorium, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Attendees must pick up free tickets at any MFA ticketing desk/kiosk to gain admittance.

http://www.smfa.edu/egypt-symposium