Film Screening and Conversation: Artist Dario Robleto with Jennifer Roberts

Join Harvard Art Museums for a screening of artist Dario Robleto's film "The Aorta of an Archivist," followed by a conversation between Robleto and art historian Jennifer Roberts, on Thursday, Nov. 30. Written, researched and directed by Dario Robleto and commissioned by the Spencer Museum of Art in Lawrence, Kansas, "The Aorta of an Archivist" is an immersive sound and video installation that connects the artist’s deep and longstanding research on the cosmos, the human heart plus the history and philosophical implications of sound recording. The work is framed by the concept of the “unobservable universe,” an astronomical phenomenon with profound consequences: because the universe is expanding so quickly, light from the stars rapidly moving away from Earth will no longer be captured by even the strongest telescopes. The cosmos has presented an observational threshold that seems impermeable. The film draws from Robleto’s print series "The First Time, The Heart (A Portrait of Life 1854–1913)," selections from which are on view through December 30 in "Seeing in Art and Medicine."

Before the screening, guests are invited to visit the exhibition on Level 3. Free admission but seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. The screening and conversation will take place in Menschel Hall, Lower Level. Doors will open at 5:30pm, at the Broadway entrance. Limited complimentary parking is available in the Broadway Garage, 7 Felton Street.