Acclaimed scholar and poet Fred Moten will be speaking on Thursday, March 20, 2014, 8:30pm at REDCAT.<\/p>\n
Presented in association with the Master\u2019s Program in Aesthetics & Politics at CalArts.<\/p>\n
Known as a compelling and brilliant speaker and performer, Fred Moten<\/strong> works at the intersection of performance, poetry and critical theory. In his lecture \u201cThe Sustain: Blackness and Poetry,\u201d Moten discusses instances of black poetic inscription in visual, plastic and performance art. These inscriptions are by black artists, implying that there is such a thing as black poetic inscription and that many non-black artists engage in it. Through this talk, he seeks to shed light on some recent debates in the poetry world regarding race, politics, conceptualism and the form\/purpose of the anthology. Professor of English at the University of California, Riverside, Moten is Theorist in Residence this spring in the CalArts Program in Aesthetics and Politics.<\/p>\n Poet Douglas Kearney is on hand to lead a post-lecture Q&A.<\/p>\n Fred Moten | REDCAT<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Acclaimed scholar and poet Fred Moten will be speaking on Thursday, March 20, 2014, 8:30pm at REDCAT. Presented in association with the Master\u2019s Program in Aesthetics & Politics at CalArts. Known as a compelling and brilliant speaker and performer, Fred Moten works at the intersection of performance, poetry and critical theory. In his lecture \u201cThe … Continue reading Fred Moten, The Sustain: Blackness and Poetry<\/span>