Join us for our fifth and final edition of the inaugural ReIssue Speaker Series this Friday, February 5 at 12pm PST with the inimitable Ardele Lister! Lister will be speaking on her expansive practice as an experimental media artist, writer, educator, editor, etc., followed by a Q&A. To stay updated on future events, you can sign up for our newsletter at the bottom of any article on ReIssue.pub
Born in Calgary, Ardele Lister came to filmmaking in 1973 when she co-founded the women’s film collective, ReelFeelings, in Vancouver. After writing for The Province and Vanguard, Lister founded and edited Criteria (1975-78), a critical review of the arts. Lister moved to NYC in ’76, where she still resides. In 1977, while working for the Foundation for Independent Video and Film in New York City, she founded and edited The Independent, the first monthly publication for independent video and filmmakers.Lister taught media for many years at the School of Visual Arts, NYC, and at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. She is currently Professor Emerita at Rutgers University. Her works are in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art (NY), the Centre Pompidou (Paris), the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa), the Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam) and the Kunsthalle (Berlin).