GCSC KNL | Prof. Jennifer Doyle (University of California): "Scientia Sexualis: A Curatorial Project"

In this lecture, Jennifer Doyle shares her collaboration with Jeanne Vaccaro on Scientia Sexualis, an exhibition of contemporary art which takes up the intersection of sex and science. She will share the exhibition's defining questions and challenges, reflect on the history of queer and feminist work in this space and situate this project in relation to the ongoing fight for bodily autonomy and sexual liberty. Scientia Sexualis will open in the fall of 2024 at the Institute for Contemporary Art, Los Angeles and is part of PST ART: Art & Science Collide, a regional festival sponsored by The Getty. 

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// Prof. Jennifer Doyle is the author of Campus Sex, Campus Security (2015), Hold It Against Me: Difficulty and Emotion in Contemporary Art (2013), and Sex Objects: Art and the Dialectics of Desire (2006). She has just finished a book about harassment, paranoia, and grief—Shadow of My Shadow will be published in August 2024. She is currently co-curating Scientia Sexualis. A collaboration with trans studies scholar Jeanne Vaccaro, this exhibition takes up contemporary art which confronts the difficult relationship of sex and science. This exhibition will open in October 2024, and is part of Art & Science Collide, a regional festival sponsored and organized by the Getty. She also has a significant sports writing practice and has published this writing in The New York Times, Deadspin, Fox Soccer, The Guardian, Vice Sports, and The Los Angeles Times.