Uploaded September 2022 | Updated September 2026, 6 hours ago
In celebration of the opening of American Artist: Shaper of God at REDCAT, LACMA Art + Technology Lab grant recipient American Artist joins Octavia E. Butler scholar Ayana Jamieson to discuss Butler’s continued resonance in contemporary life and the author’s intersections with American Artist’s upbringing in Altadena, CA. Curator Adam Kleinman moderates the discussion followed by audience Q&A.
American Artist makes thought experiments that mine the history of technology, race, and knowledge production, beginning with their legal name change in 2013.
Ayana Jamieson is an educator, mythologist, depth psychologist and founder of the Octavia E. Butler Legacy Network.
Adam Kleinman examines how forms of information, proscribe, organize, and even misrepresent reality; he is the Lead Curator for North America at KADIST.
This program was co-presented by REDCAT on May 31, 2022
In celebration of the opening of American Artist: Shaper of God at REDCAT, LACMA Art + Technology Lab grant recipient American Artist joins Octavia E. Butler scholar Ayana Jamieson to discuss Butler’s continued resonance in contemporary life and the author’s intersections with American Artist’s upbringing in Altadena, CA. Curator Adam Kleinman moderates the discussion followed by audience Q&A.
American Artist makes thought experiments that mine the history of technology, race, and knowledge production, beginning with their legal name change in 2013.
Ayana Jamieson is an educator, mythologist, depth psychologist and founder of the Octavia E. Butler Legacy Network.
Adam Kleinman examines how forms of information, proscribe, organize, and even misrepresent reality; he is the Lead Curator for North America at KADIST.
This program was co-presented by REDCAT on May 31, 2022
