International Lecture Series: Terence Gower - Havana Case Study, 15 March 2016

Terence Gower is a Canadian artist who lives and works in New York City and France. Gower often displays his research material as part of his installations, allowing viewers to follow the process that leads to the sculptures and videos that are based on this research. The artist’s main field of research has been in post-war culture in the Americas, Europe and the Middle East, demonstrating how abstract architectural and sculptural forms come to represent the cultures and ideologies of their era. Gower discussed a work in progress about the history of US-Cuba relations. A new US embassy building was completed in Havana in 1953, then closed eight years later when the US and Cuba ceased diplomatic relations. The building then went into service as a propaganda tool by both sides, until diplomatic relations were restored last year.