| Start Date: | 4/30/2015 | Start Time: | 6:30 PM |
| End Date: | 4/30/2015 | End Time: | 8:00 PM |
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Event Description
The College of Arts and Sciences will welcome Candy Chang as the fifth lecturer in the Drexel University College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Lecture Series.
Through urban planning, street art and graphic design, Chang transforms simple objects like stickers, stencils and chalkboards into powerful tools that spark conversations in public spaces around the world. In her distinguished lecture, Chang will explore the power of personal introspection in public space and what we can learn from our collective wisdom. Sharing stories from her own life, she illustrates how seemingly disparate experiences in countries from Kazakhstan to South Africa to Finland have come together to incite new perspectives and form a coherent philosophy.
Chang is perhaps best known for her “Before I die” walls. After losing someone she loved and struggling to find clarity, Chang reflected on her life and decided to focus on what really mattered: living. She's traveled to more than 60 countries, transforming walls of abandoned buildings into public proclamations of love, adventure and yearning. "Before I die, I want to __________," Chang has asked on over 500 walls across the world.
In anticipation of her visit, Chang created a "Before I die…" art installation on an 80-foot wall surrounding the construction site of the former University City High School in Powelton Village. The Drexel community has been invited to share their personal wishes on the wall, which will be removed after the lecture.
ABOUT CANDY CHANG
Candy Chang is known for her interactive public installations that provoke civic engagement and emotional introspection. She is the author of "Before I Die" and a former art director at the New York Times. Chang's public installation projects have been featured in cities such as Johannesburg, New York City, Nairobi, New Orleans, Almaty, Hong Kong, Turku and Medan, among others. Her art has also been exhibited in the Venice Biennale, the New Museum, Tate Modern, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art and the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum.
Chang is a recipient of the TED Senior Fellowship, the Tulane University Rockefeller Foundation Urban Innovation Fellowship, and was named one of the Top 100 Leaders in Public Interest Design by Impact Design Hub, and a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader. She holds a bachelor of fine arts degree in graphic design and a bachelor of science in architecture from the University of Michigan, as well as a master's degree in urban planning from Columbia University. ABOUT THE DISTINGUISHED LECTURE
The College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Lecture will take place at 6:30 p.m. in Drexel's Mandell Theater (33rd and Chestnut Streets) on April 30, 2015. The event is free and open to the public. Tickets are required and are now available online. PARKING Visitors can park at the Drexel Parking Garage (Lot G) by using the self-serve pay-by-space system. Pay in the lobby at the kiosk just after parking your vehicle by entering the parking space number and selecting from the kiosk's menu prompts. An evening rate is available from 4 – 10 p.m. for $8. View Parking Garage location and map. Street parking is also available.
Please direct any inquiries regarding this event to Jennifer Yusin at jyusin@drexel.edu. |
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Location:
Mandell Theater, 33rd and Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19104 |
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