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Interlocked white and black geometric spirals on a textured red backgroundWaldemar Cordeiro, Visible Idea, 1956

The 20th and 21st Century Cultures Series is pleased to welcome

Natalie Cortez Klossner

PhD Candidate in Comparative Literature, University of Chicago

Reading and Translating Flávio de Carvalho’s The Animal Origin of God (1967)

Wednesday, January 29, from 5-6:30pm

Rosenwald 405

with respondent

Belén Sánchez, PhD Student in Romance Languages and Literatures, University of Chicago

This dissertation chapter interprets and performs a philosophical translation of Brazilian artist-thinker Flávio de Carvalho’s 1973 The Animal Origin of God. The first part of my chapter focuses on reading the section of the artist book titled “Hunger.” The second part performs a philosophical translation of Carvalho’s second essay, “Fear.” The artist book explores our collective animality through meditations on hunger, fear, and movement.

Natalie’s paper (to be read in advance) can be found here. The password will be distributed to our listserv. Click here to join.

Our meetings are open to the University of Chicago community and visitors who comply with University of Chicago vaccination requirements. We are committed to making our workshop fully accessible for people with disabilities. Please direct any questions or concerns to the series coordinators, Bradford Case (bkcase@uchicago.edu) and Tyler Lutz (tyler.lutz@uchicago.edu).