The Institute™ - Hamilton prides itself not only on the calibre of the creative energy housed within its walls, but in providing a programme of events so stimulating that it keeps even our most famous residents, themselves no strangers to excellence, engaged and on their toes.

Our Public Lecture Series will continue throughout the season, and from time to time selections from the talks given in the auditorium or the residents' lounge of The Institute™ - Hamilton, will be posted here for your pleasure.

This week's featured talks are:

Talk #1: How to Dress for an Exhibition by Irit Rogoff, Director, Cultural Theory Programme, Goldsmiths College, London.

Talk #2: A Choice Of No Choice For Artists and Third World Countries: The Public Domain Is Losing Anyway, by Joost Smiers, Director of Research, Utrecht Institute of the Arts / Directeur du Centre de recherches de l'Universitè des arts ‡ Utrecht

Talk#3: Herman and Herbert: The Frye-McLuhan Force-Field, by Vera Frenkel, multidisciplinary artist, Toronto

Talk#4: That was Then, This is Now: Hospitals in the Age(s) of Revolution,1970-2001, by Annmarie Adams, School of Architecture, McGill University

Your comments are welcome. They should be sent to the following address: humres@the_institute.org