Justin Langlois
Associate Professor
Department of Culture and Community
Emily Carr University of Art and Design
Canada
Biography
Justin A. Langlois is an artist, educator, and organizer working across media and social practices. He is the co-founder and research director of Broken City Lab, an artist-led interdisciplinary research collective working to explore the complexities of locality, infrastructures, and participation in relation to civic engagement and social change, and founder of the School for Eventual Vacancy. His practice explores collaborative structures, critical pedagogy, and custodial frameworks as tools for enacting divergent possibilities for gathering, learning, and making. His work has been presented across Canada and in the US including at the Contemporary Art Gallery of Vancouver, the Southern Alberta Art Gallery, the Art Gallery of Windsor, the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Work:Detroit, and Open Engagement. He teaches in the Social Practice and Community Engagement Minor, Graduate Studies, Critical Studies, and Foundation. He holds an MFA from the University of Windsor.
Research Interest
Media and Visual Arts