Cranbrook Academy of Art Welcomes Lucy McRae on Friday, November 22
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Bloomfield Hills, Mich., November 20, 2019 – Cranbrook Academy of Art is pleased to welcome Lucy McRae to campus this Friday, November 22 at 6pm for a free lecture at Cranbrook Art Museum. The lecture is supported by the J. Robert F. Swanson Lecture Fund.
McRae is a science fiction artist, filmmaker, inventor and body architect. Her work speculates on the future of human existence by exploring the limits of the body, beauty, biotechnology, and the self. She works across installation, film, photography, artificial intelligence and edible technology and is regarded as a thought leader who is exploring the cultural and emotional impacts that science and cutting-edge technology have on redesigning the body.
McRae uses art as a mechanism to signal and provoke our ideologies and ethics about who we are and where we are headed.
She has exhibited at museums, film festivals, institutions such as MIT, Ars Electronica, and NASA, and science forums around the world. Her work has been exhibited at Science Museum London, Centre Pompidou, and the Venice Biennale. She is a visiting professor at Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) and has been recognized as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. McRae encourages scientific conversation as spoken at TED, the Royal Albert Hall, Cannes Lion, and Tribeca Film Festivals. She is widely regarded as a pioneer who blurs the boundaries across art, architecture, design, and technology with a healthy disregard for labels that limit interdisciplinary practice.
McRae will deliver her lecture on Friday, November 22 at 6pm in deSalle Auditorium at Cranbrook Art Museum. It is free and open to the public. The lecture is sponsored by the J. Robert F. Swanson Lecture Fund and the Architecture Department at Cranbrook Academy of Art.
About the J. Robert F. Swanson Lecture Fund
The J. Robert F. Swanson Lecture Fund at Cranbrook Academy of Art was established in 1983 by the family of J. Robert F. Swanson, a noted architect who was also the son-in-law of Eliel Saarinen. Each year, the Swanson Lecture brings to the Cranbrook campus architects, designers, artists or scholars who have received critical acclaim for their work and enjoy a sustained record of excellence and achievement in their respective fields. J. Robert F. Swanson and his wife and lifelong design partner, Pipsan Saarinen Swanson, founded their firm Swanson Associates in 1947 and worked on many exteriors and interiors, including residences, schools, universities, churches, airports, banks, and government, industrial and commercial projects.
For more information about Lucy McRae, please visit her website.
