Fresh Talk: Theaster Gates

In this Fresh Talk LIVE feature, Cathy Byrd meets Chicago-based artist Theaster Gates in Washington, DC, on Election Night 2012. Theaster is the featured speaker in the second annual Kinetic: Conversations in Contemporary Art lecture series at American University. Wilmer Wilson, an alumnus of Howard University, American University graduate students Emily Fransisco and Heather Ravenscroft, and University of Mary Washington senior Sidney Mullis join the conversation. Sound Editor: Leonardo Madriz Photos: Cathy Byrd unless otherwise noted Music: Theaster Gates + The Black Monks of Mississippi, Shine, 2011