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STUDIO Lecture: Igor Vamos

February 27, 2019 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Photo of two men in suits sanding in knee-deep water with three figures in large inflated white fabric surrounding them.

Igor Vamos is an artist whose media spectacles get attention for social and environmental causes. He is a founding member of The Yes Men, a comic duo who infiltrate the world of big business to pull off jaw-dropping pranks that target the world’s biggest corporate criminals. The antics of The Yes Men have been seen worldwide in three award-winning feature films that prompted author Naomi Klein to call them “the Jonathan Swift of the Jackass Generation.” Igor is also a professor of Art and Technology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and he’s gotten a bunch of “important” awards over the years including a Guggenheim Fellowship, The Alpert Award, and The Annanberg Award for Art and Social Change.

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Date:
February 27, 2019
Time:
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
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Organizer

Frank-Ratchye STUDIO for Creative Inquiry
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Venue

Frank-Ratchye STUDIO for Creative Inquiry
CFA 111, 5000 Forbes Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15213 United States
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Phone
412.268.3451
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