The Sea and the Cloud
Thursday, May 3, 7pm
MOCA Grand Avenue

For the second Engagement Party Art Talk, MOCA has invited The Public School to present two discussions about isolation, monitoring and habitability against a backdrop of dissolving social institutions, familial structures, employment, and more. James Merle Thomas will present Tektite Revisited—his research into NASA's short-lived program—covering aquanauts, anechoic chambers, and the problems of modern living. Benjamin Bratton will speak about the “cloud” and planetary scale computation, with its effects on territory, law, and place. A discussion moderated by Sean Dockray will follow.

James Merle Thomas is a current Guggenheim Fellow at the National Air and Space Museum and Benjamin Bratton is the Director of UC San Diego's Center for Design and Geopolitics; both have been instructors for The Public School. Sean Dockray is the co-founder of The Pubilc School, Los Angeles.

INFO 213 621 1745 or education@moca.org
FREE; no reservations required