Traffic: Conceptualism in Canada Conference

Lectures, Panels, Screenings and Events: Friday, November 26 and Saturday, November 27
Tour of the Exhibition:Sunday, November 28

This three-day conference at the end of the exhibition will be the first major gathering of artists, writers, critics, art historians and students concerned with the manifestations of conceptualism in the history of contemporary art in Canada. The conference will trace new research on the movement’s international intertwinings, including the diaspora of US draft-dodgers, its indebtedness to the French Situationists, the political ferment of new queer and feminist constituencies, and its interests in new forms of communication (in view of the writings and influence of Marshall McLuhan, among others).