Åsdam is a Norwegian installation artist and filmmaker, whose work will be exhibited at Slought and I-House next fall, and who will be a Mellon Artist-in Residence at the University of Pennsylvania during the week of October 14th, 2013. This evening's conversation will touch on issues that we will be exploring in greater depth during the week of Asdam's residency, through several public events.

"Asdam is drawn to what Peter Wollen called 'counter-cinema' not because he believes it to be politically radical or aesthetically innovative, but rather because it is the expressive vehicle par excellence for our contemporary condition, which is one of placelessness. [...] Come to Your Own does not explain why, nor does it tell us where someone 'goes' when he or she is 'absent', but it does leave us with the disquieting sense the we, too, have gone missing, and are without a direction home." -- Kaja Silverman, No Direction Home