LOS ANGELES, CA.-Around Photography is a unique event organized by UCLA’s Department of Art that will bring together a range of prominent artists, filmmakers, critics and curators in panel discussions chaired by faculty from the departments of Art, Art History and Comparative Literature, to discuss the issue of “the photographic” from a perspective outside of traditional disciplinary boundaries. The two-day conference will consist of artist presentations, short screenings and critical papers.

In addition, the conference will be preceded by a series of events, notably a presentation by Berlin-based artist and filmmaker Tacita Dean on Tuesday April 24 in the Billy Wilder Theater, a screening of three Anthony McCall films in the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Center, UCLA on Wednesday April 25 and Films by Photographers curated by James Welling in the Billy Wilder Theater on Thursday April 26.