Publication Launch | "Beatriz da Costa: (un)disciplinary tactics"
In partnership with Skylight Books
Saturday, October 5, 2024, 1–3 PM
Presented by LACE at Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery
4800 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles CA 90027
About the Event
Join LACE at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery for the launch of the exhibition publication for "Beatriz da Costa: (un)disciplinary tactics," a long-overdue look at the artistic investigations of the late artist Beatriz da Costa that reveals the depth and prescience of her work.
This event features a conversation with exhibition curator and publication editor Daniela Lieja Quintanar, curatorial assistant and associate editor Ana Briz, and curatorial advisor Andrew McNeely. They will share their collaborative and (un)disciplinary creative processes for the research and development of the publication along with the exhibition. The conversation is moderated by LACE Curator and Director of Programs Selene Preciado.
Guests are invited to view the exhibition "Beatriz da Costa: (un)disciplinary tactics" before or after the publication launch. Gallery hours are 11 AM–4 PM, Thursdays–Sundays.
About the Publication
"Beatriz da Costa: (un)disciplinary tactics" is published by LACE and MIT Press. The publication will be available for purchase ($39.95) on site from Sklylight Books the day of the event and also available for preorder through MIT Press.
"Beatriz da Costa: (un)disciplinary tactics" is the most comprehensive documentation and analysis to date of the late artist Beatriz da Costa’s (1974–2012) groundbreaking work. Surveying her short trajectory and vast work from the late 1990s to the early 2010s, this publication renders a social portrait of da Costa’s collaborative practice and extends the artist’s sociopolitical concerns to the present. Edited by Daniela Lieja Quintanar, it features a collection of essays by curators, artists, and researchers from a variety of fields including technoscience, tactical media, cancer research, environmental justice, performance, and participatory art. Also included are reflections written by former collaborators and close friends.
Beginning with da Costa’s early projects as a student of the arts and robotics at Carnegie Mellon University, the publication surveys her collaborative work with collectives Critical Art Ensemble and Preemptive Media, as well as her research-based and large-scale installations. The publication is a faithful record of da Costa’s entire oeuvre, including information about artworks she left incomplete due to financial, health, or time limitations. Also included is da Costa’s own critical writing on art and politics, as well as self-authored descriptions of her work and an unflinching interview with cancer researcher Robert Schneider, a fundamental figure for da Costa at the end of her young life.
The publication accompanies a survey exhibition presented by LACE at Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery as part of the Getty’s PST ART: Art & Science Collide initiative. LACE is the longest-running incubator for contemporary artists, curators, and cultural workers in Los Angeles.
https://welcometolace.org/lace/book-launch-beatriz-da-costa-undisciplinary-tactics/