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PICT Manifesto 2021
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COURSES FALL 2021
All PICT courses are held in person and open to the public regardless of educational background.
Jessica Padilla Wins Emmy Award
PICT visiting lecturer Jessica Padilla has won her first Emmy Award, in the category “Outstanding Contemporary Makeup (Non-Prosthetic),” for her work on the TV series
The Limits of a Paradigm: Agamben, the Yellow Star, and the Nazi Analogy
The Limits of a Paradigm: Agamben, the Yellow Star, and the Nazi Analogy by Carlo Salzani (Vienna, Austria) 1. Uses and Abuses of an Analogy
Sick in the City
David Selim Sayers Sick in the City Humans haven’t always lived in cities. And humans haven’t always had pandemics. In fact, a panoramic glance
Michael Barry Book Launch
On 10 September 2021, PICT visiting faculty member Michael Barry presented his forthcoming book, Le Cri afghan (“The Afghan Scream”), at a launch event organized
Corruptio Optimi Pessima: A Dialogue with David Cayley on Ivan Illich
On June 17, 2021, the PICT Student Ambassador Program (SAP) staged a live online discussion with writer and broadcaster David Cayley on the life and
Dispatches: Performance in the Time of a Pandemic
Image: Carolee Schneemann, Up To And Including Her Limits (1973-76) by Jeanette Joy Harris (Texas, USA) COVID-19 has dramatically affected cultural life. Museums, galleries, theaters, and performance
Petipa and Nureyev in Pandemic Times
Petipa and Nureyev in Pandemic Times by Tatiana Senkevitch (Paris, France) La Bayadère, Act II, Imperial Mariinsky Theatre, 1901 THE artists of the Paris Opera