To mark the Center’s 40th anniversary, we are launching Open Flat File, a lecture series inspired by the ethos of the Flat File website, The ten designers and artists listed below were invited into our archive of nearly 80,000 objects to select a single work to study closely and respond to. They will then translate their research into both a public lecture and a poster that reinterprets and contextualises the object they chose.
The lecture series programme:
10 September ’26: Awol Erizku (book now via Eventbrite.)
15 October ’26: Kelly Walters (book now via Eventbrite.)
19 November ’26: David Reinfurt (book now via Eventbrite.)
10 December ’26: Jan Wilker (book now via Eventbrite.)
? January ’27: Lucille Tenazas (tbc.)
? February ’27: Nikki Igol (tbc.)
? February ’27: Brent David Freaney (tbc.)
? March ’27: Madeline Montoya (tbc.)
? April ’27: Alicia Cheng (tbc.)
? May ’27: Ellen Lupton (tbc.)
[Lectures are free and open to the public. RSVP is required. Some are already available to book, with the others made available for booking closer to the event.]