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Lecture & Exhibition by Studio Artist Ant Hampton

Studio Artist, Ant Hampton presents, “Autoteatro, Rotozaza and Unrehearsed Performance (1999-2012)” at the LSU College of Art + Design Distinguished Lecture Series on, Thursday, August 30 at 5:00 p.m. in the Howe-Russell lecture hall (RM. 137E).

Ant Hampton is an interactive artist, director and writer. Since 1999 he has worked together with Silvia Mercuriali as Rotozaza, creating more than twenty-five productions of experimental theater, performance, and live art, including several large scale and collaborative public interventions. Rotozaza’s work has been presented worldwide at venues such as Manifesta7, The Tate Britain, Oxford Playhouse and Mass MoCA.

Hampton’s work will be featured in the LSU School of Art social (dis) order exhibition. The exhibition will be on view from August 30-October 9, 2012 at the Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Exhibition Gallery, located downtown in the Shaw Center for the Arts, 100 Lafayette St., Baton Rouge. An opening reception will be held on Friday, September 21, from 6 p.m.- 8 p.m. For more information, visit: http://www.lsu.edu/ur/ocur/lsunews/MediaCenter/News/2012/08/item51262.html and http://glassellgallery.org.

This presentation of the LSU Art + Design Distinguished Lecture Series is sponsored by the LSU School of Art. The lecture is free, open to the public.