
Queer theory offers tools to examine established practices and uncover deeply rooted biases. What can a queer approach bring to the discipline of design? What would a queered design look like?
In this edition of Lens of Impact, we are joined by Saul Pandelakis, illustrator, design researcher, teacher, and sci-fi author, and Antonio Sánchez Gómez, Assistant Professor of Latin American/Latinx Art and Design History and Material Culture at Parsons with a particular interest in feminist, queer, and decolonial criticism. In a discussion moderated by Mev Luna of Parsons, Pandelakis and Sánchez Gómez will share their uniquely situated perspectives as practitioners working in Europe and the Americas, and explore the different lenses through which they approach their practice.
Lens of Impact is a joint initiative between Parsons’ School of Art and Design History and Theory (ADHT) at The New School and Swissnex in Boston and New York, exploring the cross-cultural spaces of art and design discourse.
Program
- 11:45am – Doors open
- 12:00pm – Introductions
- 12:15pm – Moderated conversation
- 1:00pm – Open discussion
- 1:30pm – End
iCal / Outlook
Event start time
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New York
11:45AM -
Switzerland
5:45PM
Speakers
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Bio
Antonio Sánchez Gómez
Parsons School of DesignAntonio Sánchez Gómez is Assistant Professor of Latin American/Latinx Art and Design History and Material Culture at Parsons. Born in Bogotá, Colombia, the design and material culture historian is specializing in 20th-century Latin America, focusing on the cultural biographies of objects with a particular interest in feminist, queer, and decolonial criticism. Antonio holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in Decorative Arts, Design History, and Material Culture from the Bard Graduate Center, as well as a B.A. in Graphic Design and an M.A. in History and Theory of Art, Architecture, and the City from the National University of Colombia. He is the author of several academic texts, including the 2010 book Manos al Agua: una historia de aguas, lavado de ropas y lavanderas en Bogotá [Hands in the Water: A History of Water, Laundry, and Washing Women in Bogotá].
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Bio
Saul Pandelakis
University of ToulouseSaul Pandelakis (he/him) is an illustrator, design researcher, teacher, and sci-fi author from the University of Toulouse – Jean Jaurès. His current research explores feminist and queer empowerment in the kitchen. For the past seven years, he has taught a BA lecture, Queer[ed] Design. Beyond this, he collaborates on projects involving sexbots and the intersection of Cinema and Design. His Film Studies dissertation at Paris III-Sorbonne Nouvelle focused on American heroism, guided by advisor Jean-Loup Bourget. Saul’s debut novel, La Séquence Aardtman, published in 2021 by Éditions Goater, narrates the tale of two trans individuals addressing issues with a moody AI. In 2023, Saul released Les Hygialogues de Ty Petersen, a sci-fi novella exploring the First Contact subgenre with an alien language and unique typeset.
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Mev Luna
Parsons School of DesignMev Luna is a research-based artist whose practice spans performance, installation, video, new media, and text. Through an autoethnographic methodology, their work reappraises history to identify fictions governing contemporary life and considers issues of institutional access, incarceration, and how images of marginalized groups are circulated and controlled. Luna’s time-based works have premiered at SFMOMA (San Francisco, CA), Artists’ Television Access (San Francisco, CA), The Gene Siskel Film Center (Chicago, IL), and Kino Moviemento (Berlin, Germany). Luna was a 2020-2021 Queer | Art NYC Film Fellow and a 2018 Art Matters Foundation Fellowship recipient. They are currently Assistant Professor of Contemporary Art Practice and Theory at Parsons School of Design.
Partners
Parsons’ School of Art and Design History and Theory (ADHT) at The New School