'I need images, I need representation which deals in other means than reality. We have to use reality but get out of it. That's what I try to do all the time.’ Agnès Varda

On the occasion of her exhibition Photographs Get Moving, (potatoes and shells, too) and the screening of selected films,  Agnès Varda, artist-in-residence at the University of Chicago from Oct 8-15,  will speak about and reflect upon various stages of her long and rich artistic career as a photographer, as filmmaker, and as a visual artist. Her artist talk will be followed by a question-and-answer session moderated by Dominique Bluher, Lecturer and Director of MA Studies in the Department of Cinema and Media Studies.

Agnes Varda's residency is supported by the Institut français, UniFrance Films and the Cultural Services of the French Embassy .

My Three Lives: An Artist Talk by Agnès Varda's conference is presented as part of the Marianne Midwest Series, which provides a forum for distinguished speakers from France to engage audiences at the University of Chicago, and to interact (via live teleconference broadcast) with audience members network in the Midwest. It consists of a series of web debates on contemporary topics, meant to bring together American and French points of view, and to reach Midwest partners.

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