Who are we? What is human life about? The public is invited to a talk exploring these and other questions presented in two free lectures, on Sunday, January 16, 10 AM and 7 PM in Tankersley Hall of Laguna Presbyterian Church.
In a 2-part multi-media presentation, Dr. Wayne Roosa will examine the provocative world of contemporary performance and video art in parallel with the equally provocative ancient tradition of Old Testament prophetic acts. Roosa claims the connecting thread is our "Sacred Discontent," that discrepancy between human aspiration and human shortcoming, which we call "the human condition." What happens, for example, when the prophet Isaiah, who walked naked through Ancient Israel for three years as a sign and portent, meets Bill Viola's video, The Passing, where a naked elderly woman walks out of a grey-toned netherworld through a membrane of flowing water into the full light of this world to meet us? These and many other odd, strange and arresting symbolic acts that express the human situation and its longings will be explored.
Dr. Wayne Roosa, is Professor of Art History and Department Chair at Bethel University, St. Paul, Minnesota, and Chair of the New York Center for Art and Media Studies, in New York City. He returns to Laguna Presbyterian Church
by popular request.
Tankersley Hall is located at on Second Street between Forest and Mermaid. For further information, contact Dr. Kathy Sizer at the church: 494-7555 or visit the church web site www.lagunapreschurch.org.
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