Arts & museums

Witnessing War: Tom Lea in the Age of AI

When

Thu, Dec 10

Where

Centennial Museum and Chihuahuan Desert Gardens500 W. University Ave., EL PASOEl Paso, TexasGet directions

Cost

Free

Tom Lea Fellow Julia Hettiger, a writer, educator, and rhetoric and composition Ph.D. student from El Paso, centers the spectator in analyzing Tom Lea’s depictions of war. She examines what is lost and what is promoted when the U.S. government uses AI for military recruitment. Tom Lea’s work offers a window into the grim realities of war from an outside, neutral perspective, inviting audiences to witness them without direct wartime experience, something AI-generated graphics cannot replicate.