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Lecture & Workshop
About:
Cassils is a transgender artist who makes their own body the material and protagonist of their performances. Cassil’s art contemplates the history(s) of LGTBQI+ violence, representation, struggle, and survival. For Cassils, performance is a form of social sculpture: Drawing from the idea that bodies are formed in relation to forces of power and social expectations, Cassils’s work investigates historical contacts to examine the present moment. Cassils has had recent solo exhibitions at HOME Manchester, Station Museum of Contemporary Art, Perth Institute for Contemporary Arts, Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, NYC; Institute for contemporary Art, AU; Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts Bemis Center, Omaha; MU Eindhoven Netherlands.
Events:
- Public Lecture: Cassils: Body as Social Sculpture, March 23, 2023
- Workshop: Radical Presence, March 24, 2023
- Presented in collaboration with Department of Dance
- Office Hours
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![Cassils performance still with many version of Cassils surrounding a large stone](https://web.faa.illinois.edu/app/uploads/sites/16/2023/06/DSC_7038-scaled-e1687294000192-900x0-c-default.jpg)
![graphic of cassils with lecture details](https://web.faa.illinois.edu/app/uploads/sites/16/2023/06/Cassils-Lecture-Flyer-2-1-1-4-900x0-c-default.jpg)
![Cassils presents at a podium](https://web.faa.illinois.edu/app/uploads/sites/16/2023/06/DSC_7089-scaled-900x0-c-default.jpg)
![several large screens suspended from the ceiling shows images of live performance](https://web.faa.illinois.edu/app/uploads/sites/16/2023/06/DSC_7126-scaled-900x0-c-default.jpg)
![3 people stand together talking in a classroom](https://web.faa.illinois.edu/app/uploads/sites/16/2023/06/DSC_7155-scaled-900x0-c-default.jpg)
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![many people gathered together standing or sitting in a classroom](https://web.faa.illinois.edu/app/uploads/sites/16/2023/06/DSC_7104-scaled-900x0-c-default.jpg)
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![many people gathered together standing or squatting in dance studio setting](https://web.faa.illinois.edu/app/uploads/sites/16/2023/06/DSC_7170-scaled-900x0-c-default.jpg)
![cassils in front of MAL office](https://web.faa.illinois.edu/app/uploads/sites/16/2023/06/IMG-20230620-WA0003-1600x0-c-default.jpg)
![Cassils performance still with many version of Cassils surrounding a large stone](https://web.faa.illinois.edu/app/uploads/sites/16/2023/06/DSC_7038-scaled-e1687294000192-1600x0-c-default.jpg)
![graphic of cassils with lecture details](https://web.faa.illinois.edu/app/uploads/sites/16/2023/06/Cassils-Lecture-Flyer-2-1-1-4-1600x0-c-default.jpg)
![Cassils presents at a podium](https://web.faa.illinois.edu/app/uploads/sites/16/2023/06/DSC_7089-scaled-1600x0-c-default.jpg)
![several large screens suspended from the ceiling shows images of live performance](https://web.faa.illinois.edu/app/uploads/sites/16/2023/06/DSC_7126-scaled-1600x0-c-default.jpg)
![3 people stand together talking in a classroom](https://web.faa.illinois.edu/app/uploads/sites/16/2023/06/DSC_7155-scaled-1600x0-c-default.jpg)
![many people gathered together standing or sitting in a classroom](https://web.faa.illinois.edu/app/uploads/sites/16/2023/06/DSC_7012-scaled-1600x0-c-default.jpg)
![many people gathered together standing or sitting in a classroom](https://web.faa.illinois.edu/app/uploads/sites/16/2023/06/DSC_7104-scaled-1600x0-c-default.jpg)
![many people gathered together standing or sitting in a classroom](https://web.faa.illinois.edu/app/uploads/sites/16/2023/06/DSC_7106-scaled-e1687293704740-1600x0-c-default.jpg)
![many people gathered together standing or squatting in dance studio setting](https://web.faa.illinois.edu/app/uploads/sites/16/2023/06/DSC_7175-scaled-1600x0-c-default.jpg)
![many people gathered together standing or squatting in dance studio setting](https://web.faa.illinois.edu/app/uploads/sites/16/2023/06/DSC_7173-scaled-1600x0-c-default.jpg)
![many people gathered together standing or squatting in dance studio setting](https://web.faa.illinois.edu/app/uploads/sites/16/2023/06/DSC_7170-scaled-1600x0-c-default.jpg)