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In this conversation, artist Leopoldo Maler and art historian Agustín Díez Fischer will discuss Maler’s performances, films, and plays of the 1960s and 70s. As part of a generation of artists who participated in the activities of the Instituto Di Tella in Buenos Aires,  Maler was at the center of experimental artistic practice in the Argentina capital. In 1961, he traveled to London for the first time, bringing to the British art scene the avant-garde ideas he had developed in his native city and promoting interdisciplinary collaborative projects in museums and public spaces. This talk centers on Maler’s experiences in both cities, and how through his work he addresses topics such as the human body and technology, rituals and public demonstrations, language and translations. This event will also include the projection of Men in Silence (1964) [6:55 minutes], directed by Leopoldo Maler. ABOUT OUR GUEST SPEAKER Leopoldo M. Maler was born in Argentina, where he obtained a Law De ....

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