Public Programming & Events
8/12 Performance Lecture #3 - 3,000 Hours of Film Part 2: STASILAND
Wed, Aug 12
|Washington Studio School
Join us for the third installment in a four-night series of “performance lectures” by Jason Jaffery covering their new work-in-progress, “Stasiland.”
Time & Location
Aug 12, 2026, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Washington Studio School, 2129 S St NW, Washington, DC 20008, USA
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This isn't your traditional movie marathon, but rather a four-night series of “performance lectures” blending performance art with art history. These lectures will cover Jaffery's new work-in-progress, “Stasiland.” They incorporate parafictional autobiographical stories with discussions of artists relevant to Jaffery's work, and show clips of films to illustrate their points. The entire presentation will be about 90 minutes with time for discussion afterwards.
This lecture will focus on Stasiland part five: “Weekend in Stasiland”. Jaffery will discuss Robert Frank, Chris Marker, Bette Gordon, Susan Seidelman, and Amos Poe.