Media, Art, and Performance Presentation Series

Anthony Kiendl – Executive Director and CEO of the MacKenzie Art Gallery Hiding in plain sight: Flusser, Photography and Critical Interventions Executive Director/CEO of the MacKenzie Art Gallery, Anthony Kiendl-curator, writer, and educator-shares some thoughts on technical image apparatuses, surveillance and communication. Bio: Anthony Kiendl is Executive Director/CEO of the MacKenzie Art Gallery in Regina, Saskatchewan. Born on Long Island, New York, Kiendl grew up in Winnipeg, Manitoba where he was Executive Director of Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art from 2006-2013. At Plug In, Kiendl led a major capital development project and construction of a new facility for arts and education co-owned by Plug In ICA and the University of Winnipeg, which opened in 2010. Previously he was Director of Visual Arts at The Banff Centre from 2002-2006, and was Curator of the Dunlop Art Gallery in Regina from 1997-2002. In 2011 Kiendl was appointed curator of Contour: Biennale of the Moving Image in Mechelen, Belgium. In 2007 he was Leverhulme Visiting Research Fellow at Middlesex University, London, UK. Kiendl studied at Concordia University, Montreal and the School of Visual Arts, New York.

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