PUBLIC LECTURE: From Warhol's Factory to Face Book: Case Studies in Media Immortality

[Brandi Gillett Woods]

/"From Warhol's Factory to Face Book: Case Studies in Media Immortality"
/Marcel O'Gorman, Associate Professor, English Language & Literature

Sunday, March 29
1:30 pm (doors open at 1:00)
The Wax, 125 King Street West, Downtown Kitchener.

Entry Fee to support the Children's Museum: $10.00, $5.00 for students

In 1968, coining a phrase that was destined to become a cliché, Andy 
Warhol promised that "In the future, everyone will be famous for 15 
minutes."  More recently, new media technologies make the allure of fame 
seem more accessible than ever. Of course, keeping a Face Book profile 
or posting videos to You Tube does not guarantee instant recognition. 
What matters is that these technologies, like Warhol's life and art, 
present us with the "promise" of recognition, fame, possibly even 
immortality. The speaker will discuss the relationship between media 
technologies and the desire for immortality, drawing on Warhol's life 
and art as a case study.

For additional details, 
visit http://www.thechildrensmuseum.ca/web/pages/andy-warhol/aw_home.php .

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Brandi Gillett Woods CSEM, MA 

Manager, Advancement Events
Arts Advancement Office
Faculty of Arts, University of Waterloo 
Phone: 519-888-4567 ext. 38242

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