Lucas de Lima & Jeanine Oleson - Oct. 8th, 2014

Wednesday Reading Series Lucas de Lima was born in southeastern Brazil. He is the author of Wet Land (Action Books) as well as the chapbooks Ghostlines (Radioactive Moat) and Terraputa (Birds of Lace). A contributing writer at Montevidayo, he pursues doctoral studies in Comparative Literature at the University of Pennsylvania. Jeanine Oleson is a visual artist with an expanded practice. She has published two books about performance projects in 2012, “What?” and “The Greater New York Smudge Cleanse.” Oleson has exhibited and performed at venues including: New Museum, NY; Exit Art, NY; Beta Local, San Juan, Puerto Rico; X-Initiative, NY; Grand Arts, Kansas City, MO; Commonwealth & Council, CA; Socrates Sculpture Park, NY; Diverseworks, Houston, TX; L.A.C.E., Los Angeles; Monya Rowe Gallery, NY; Samson Projects, Boston, MA; Gallery 400, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL; John Connelly Presents, NY; MoMA P.S.1, NY; Pumphouse Gallery, London; White Columns, NY; and Art in General, NY. Oleson is an Assistant Professor of Photography in the Department of Art, Media, and Technology at Parsons the New School for Design. She lives in Brooklyn, NY.