PRESENTED BY THE ARTIST STUDY GROUP OF THE PSYCHOTHERAPY SERVICE FOR PEOPLE IN THE ARTS

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5th from 1:30-3:00PM

TOM HENNES, INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED EXHIBITION DESIGNER

Dreaming and Imagining:   Space as Participant in Humanizing the Other

Attend in person or online as follows:

In person at the Institute, 20 West 74th Street, between CPW & Columbus AvenuesOnline via Zoom at: https://wawhite.zoom.us/j/8180152948?pwd=cDkrUTlMSndQendyZzhnc054c0tpQT09

Please RSVP to attend: fvdillon@gmail.com

ABOUT THIS PRESENTATION AND ITS SPEAKER

Internationally renowned exhibition designer Tom Hennes will present an exploration of how space shapes human experience and human relating. Showing slides of his projects, he will share his singular approach of design from a relational perspective — both as a process of shaping, and as the tangible result long after the space  is shaped.  Our group can consider the influences of what is probable and possible in any space: in our homes, our consulting rooms, our museums, etc.  The question we are left with: Is it possible for some people to transcend their environment? 

Please join us to examine and share your experience of the space around you.

Tom Hennes is one of the most sought after exhibition designers in the world. He is founder of Thinc Design, an internationally recognized, award-winning exhibition design firm that has presented dynamic visitor experiences at museums and cultural attractions in numerous settings around the globe. Believing in the implicit power of the exhibition medium to engage society in important ways,  he has pursued an ever-deepening involvement with exhibition projects embedded in social and environmental justice;  Freedom Park in South Africa, a national memorial and museum in Pretoria.  Hennes is in the midst of a 3-year consultation on human experience design in the planning of four new jails in the New York boroughs. 

At Thinc, Tom Hennes has encouraged an evolving conception of relational design, envisioning the exhibition as a narrative environment, rich in implicit and explicit confluences, contradictions, and paradox.  He has written extensively on the multi-faceted role of museums and has taught at leading academic and design institutions including the Rhode Island School of Design, the Pratt Institute in Boisbuchet, France, New York University’s Interactive Telecommunications Program, the University of Pretoria, among many others.  

To read more about Thinc Design visit: https://www.thincdesign.com/

Frances V. Dillon, MSW and Eric Dammann, PhD, Co-Directors,  Artist Study Group