Deborah Aschheim: Nostalgia for the Future

IN CONVERSATION: MEG LINTON AND TOM LESSER WITH DEBORAH ASCHHEIM Saturday, September 25, 2010 / 4:00 PM 6018 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles Join Meg Linton and Tom Leeser as they discuss Nostalgia for the Future with artist Deborah Aschheim. Leeser and Linton bring their unique perspectives as artist and curator, respectively, in opening dialogues about memory, modernism, and our conceptions of the misremembered future. Both Leeser and Linton have included Aschheim’s work in recent exhibitions at the Ben Maltz Gallery and the Museum of Jurassic Technology. Meg Linton is the Director of Galleries and Exhibitions, Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles. Over the last sixteen years, she has organized hundreds of solo and group exhibitions and published dozens of catalogues. She received degrees from the University of California at Irvine and California State University, Fullerton, and completed the prestigious Museum Leadership Program at The Getty Leadership Institute. Her previous curatorial positions include the Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum and University Art Museum at California State University, Long Beach. Tom Leeser is the Director of the Center for Integrated Media at CalArts and has been active in the field of art and technology for over twenty years as a digital media artist, writer, educator, and curator. A graduate of the San Francisco Art Institute, his work has been exhibited at MassMOCA, Santa Monica Museum of Art, the Kitting Factory, and film and video festivals nationwide. Edward Cella Art+Architecture