Using close looking skills and visual vernacular, Hot Takes is an analysis of popular images in the media where we invite creatives, artists and thinkers to discuss and decipher an image to better understand our current cultural and social moment.

This week join Bridget Moser and Charlene K. Lau in a conversation about a compelling contemporary image of their choosing.

Charlene K. Lau is an art historian, critic and curator who has held fellowships at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Parsons School of Design, The New School and Performa Biennial. Her writing has been published in Artforum, Theatlantic.com, The Brooklyn Rail, C Magazine, Canadian Art, frieze, Critical Studies in Fashion & Beauty, Fashion Theory and Journal of Curatorial Studies, among others.

Bridget Moser is a performance and video artist whose work combines strategies from prop comedy, experimental theatre, performance art, existential anxiety and intuitive dance. She has presented work in venues including the Art Gallery of Ontario, Remai Modern, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Vancouver Art Gallery, Mercer Union and Western Front. Her work has been featured in Artforum, Canadian Art, Art in America, C Magazine and Artribune Italy.