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Jackrabbit Homestead is a web-based multimedia presentation featuring a downloadable car audio tour exploring the cultural legacy of the Small Tract Act in Southern California’s Morongo Basin region near Joshua Tree National Park. Stories from this underrepresented regional history are told through the voices of local residents, historians, and area artists—many of whom reside in reclaimed historic cabins and use the structures as inspiration for their creative work.
“‘We are taking about a design that holds us back or indicates that we are stuck in the past,’ said vice chairman Ald. Joe Dudzik, referring to the old-fashioned signs that Zweig uses to create short animations.”
- “It’s about the democratization of art.”
- “In the end it doesn’t really matter who gets up on that thing.”
- “I’ve got an idea. You can make it real.”
“Flash @ Hebburn by Charles Quick launched March 7, 2009. While the title is not the catchiest in the world, the image did catch my eye, and the backstory is interesting.
Mike and Doug Starn’s See It Split, See It Change opened with the NYC South Ferry in January. From the entrance, a 20-foot wide, floor-to-ceiling marble mosaic map of the island of Manhattan extends down the stairs to the platform, inspired by an 1886 map of the tip of Manhattan from the United States Census Bureau. Curved floor-to-ceiling glass walls laced with silhouettes based on photographs of nearby Battery Park trees line the concourse. The installation is made from 425 glass panels that measure 14″ by 28″ each and includes many
High flying public art.
“Today our ideas on public art are no longer fixated on official art and State mythology, and monuments. The vision of what public space is has been radically transformed – so that, when artists intervene in the public domain, they are not making objects such as statuary, but are reflecting on and engaging with the larger social and political processes that govern the area they are working in, the neighbourhood or community with which they have formed a working relationship or an empathetic alliance.”–Nancy Adajania, Public Art? Activating the Agoratic Condition
This is the first installment of a new game called “Is it art or advertising?”.
With so many reminders floating around about the New New Deal and Obama’s plans for a second wave of economic relief its hard not to imagine what could be done with a little support in some artistic infrastructure.
Here are some images from Marina Zurkow of Will Pappenheimer’s and Chipp Jansen’s Tampa Public Mood Ring.
The Liverpool Biennial has a remarkable program of international public art commissions and is looking for a curator for this aspect of their program.
I asked Marina Zurkow, whose Slurb is premiering at Lights on Tampa, to send Public Address some dispatches from the event.
There are still places left to book for the Radiator Symposium. For
Bookings, ring ++44(0)115 840 9272 or email info@radiator-festival.org
More info on http://www.radiator-festival.org/radiator-symposium-2009
I have been really impressed lately with the willingness of artists to share their ideas and utilize the internet to spread mini interventions in cities across the world. In the past few weeks I have shared a few of these ideas with teachers, nieces and nephews, and of course my DIY peers. With everyone chipping in to do their part there could be an unexpected public alteration around every corner! My dream for 2009!
Lights on Tampa Artist Symposium. Thursday January 8, 2008, 4-6 pm, Tampa Theater, 711 N. Franklin St.
This article originally appeared in the catalog for the Greater Minneapolis 08 show at the Soap Factory this fall. Curated by Patty Healy McMeans and Christopher Dela Pole, the exhibit showcased the work of 22 Minneapolis-based artists. The six artists discussed here each practice a form of public and/or performative artmaking.
Where did the presidential election and performance art cross paths? No, not LA or New York…try MILWAUKEE!!
For the first time in US history, voters were treated to performance art at polling places. Voters at 11 sites in Milwaukee experienced dance, video, recorded sound, sculpture, and more, all with the purpose of celebrating and encouraging discussion about citizenship. A non-profit, nonpartisan group called My Vote Performs (MVP) produced the project.
The surprising thing about this CNET compilation of Top 5 “Hi-tech public art masterpieces” is that it’s a pretty good list.
Community members are needed for the Station Art Committee. Please read the Station Art Committee Charter (pdf) prior to applying. Applications must be submitted via email no later than November 14th, 2008. If you are having any problems submitting your application or have questions, please contact Jessica Hill at jessica.hill@metc.state.mn.us or (651) 602-1840.
Working in public typically asks artists to consider time, place, community and relevance. With public spaces increasingly becoming a laboratory for experimentation, where does the audience fit it?
On October 29, 2008, the 79th anniversary of Black Tuesday, the stock market crash that caused the Great Depression in 1929, artists Ligorano/Reese will melt down the “Economy.â€
Germaine Koh, Minima Forms, and Ali Momeni and Robin Mandel communicating in public with smoke signals.
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