5. ZACH
Zachary Gough makes festive, social art
projects that critically explore personal values,
often by connecting people and groups with
one another, to challenge and inspire the ways
we operate today. In the past, his projects
have manifested as a marching band,
movement performances, a board game, a
pseudo-business conglomerate, and
collaborative radio.
18. "There is no substitute for
experiencing an environment at first
hand. Recognizing this, educationists
have long argued for more learning
outside the classroom, "in the field". It
would be a brave geography or social
studies teacher who would argue
against fieldwork in principal. Yet in
depressingly few schools does it have
much application in practice" (p. 10)
"All these techniques for involvement-and we need to be
continuously devising more-are devices for developing the habit
of observation, the habit of evaluating, the habit of questioning
decisions in the environment...But an environment which does
not cater for the known needs of children and adolescents is not
tolerable one and should not be tolerated." (p. 32)
19. “Most of my friends with whom I discussed ideas
of interaction, value, and generosity have
followed their art practice out of the area of art.
Social workers, Yogis, and hermits they have
become, which in a sense is quite beautiful. I am
reminded again of the idea that art about life is
not so important for what it does for art but what
it does for life” (Ben Kinmont p. 61)
20. Debated Territory: Toward a Critical Language for Public Art
Suzanne Lacy
PRIVATE PUBLIC
artist as artist as artist as artist as
experiencer reporter analyst activist
21. Artist as Experiencer
"To make oneself a conduit for expression of a whole group
can be a profound act of empathy. When there is no quick fix
for some of our most pressing social problems, there may only
be our ability to feel and witness with reality taking place
around us. This empathy is a service that artists offer the
world"
Artist as Reporter
"In the role of reporter, the artist focuses not simply on the
experience but on the recounting of the situation; that is, the
artist gathers information to make it available to others. She
calls our attention to something. "
22. Artist as Analyst
"When an artist adopts the position of analyst, the visual
appeal of imagery is often superseded by the textual
properties of the work, thus challenging conventions of
beauty. The artist's analysis may assume an aesthetic
character from the shape, rhythm , and coherence of the
ideas or from the relationship of those ideas to visual images.
23. Artist as Activist
"Diametrically opposed to the aesthetic practices of the
isolated artist, consensus building inevitably entails
developing a set of skills not commonly associated with art
making. To take a position with respect to the public agenda,
the artist must act in collaboration with people with an
understanding of social systems and institutions. Entirely new
strategies must be learned: how to collaborate, how to cross
over disciplines, how to choose sites that resonate with public
meaning, and how to clarify visual and process symbolism for
people who are not educated in art."
32. LADIES' NIGHT
Ladies' Night is a project proposal that seeks to celebrate the
women artists on display at the Portland Art Museum. For every
woman artist on display in the museum's collection, one female
museum visitor will be admitted free of charge to the 2013 Shine
a Light in honor of those artists. Museum visitors will be asked
to wear a(n) (indentifier) with their sponsor artist's name. The
amount of visitors during Shine a Light is roughly the same as
the amount of works exhibited throughout the museum,
approximately 2000, so the total number of women let in for free
should be roughly proportionate to the amount of women
represented in the collection, illustrated by said identifiers.
33. why now?
2011 Guerilla girls survey found:
4% of the Met's contemporary section
26% MOMA (2% women of color)
23% Guggenheim (5% " )
National Museum of Women in the Arts estimates:
5% of art currently on display in the United States
was made by women
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38. Break, 15 mins.
Thanks for
Sharing Erin.
Now it's time to
take a break...
66. statement
writing and research
What captivates me are the spaces in between:
between norms, between realms, between people.
These undefined, intangible, and transient areas
bring into question our existing “truths”.
By looking at the invisible and listening to the
silence, I search not for new definitions, but a
deeper understanding of our interwoven nature.
