Mel Chin: Constructing Liberation

Mel Chin (b. Houston, TX) is known for the broad range of approaches in his art, including works that require multi-disciplinary, collaborative teamwork and works that enlist science as an aesthetic component to developing complex ideas. Chin uses technology, collage, sculpture, and large-scale installations to create a body of work centered around environmental, political, and social issues, inserting art into unlikely places and forms, including video games, destroyed homes, toxic landfills, and popular television. Interested in creating greater social awareness and responsibility, and making a place for possible political transformation, Chin engages wide-ranging communities in the conception, execution, and success of his work.

This event is funded by the Arts+ Initiative and the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. This event is open for full participation by all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or any other protected category under applicable federal law, state law, and the University’s nondiscrimination policy.