January 26, 2025, 2 pm. The event is free but space is limited so RSVP at Sherrill Roland Ackland Talk
Using Roland’s piece Processing Systems: Bonding as a jumping-off point, this artist talk and panel will explore artistic expression, the American carceral system, and the visualization of data. After a discussion of Roland’s monumental numerical portraits on view at the Ackland, Roland will be joined by panelists Bharati Zvara, Associate Professor in the Department of Maternal and Child Health (MCH) in the Gillings School of Global Public Health, and Kylie Seltzer, art historian and Carolina Public Humanities Zietlow Postdoctoral Fellow. The program will be moderated by Lauren Turner, associate curator for contemporary art and special projects at the Ackland.