Ok... one last thing for today. Creative Time puts out videos from their Creative Time Summits
Here is a video I found the other day that was very inspiring: Jeanne Van Heeswijk
May 31, 2012
Places to Study
I have found a couple of different college and university
programs that are teaching their students to explore this type of
medium.
California College of the Arts,
Portland State University,
Otis College of Art,
Oxford Brookes University
The list could continue on with other schools that are doing community based artwork. Please comment if you know of some I should add to the list. Tyler School of Art has a community arts concentration, and I know MICA also has a community Arts program.
A great place to look is the Community Arts Reading room.
California College of the Arts,
Portland State University,
Otis College of Art,
Oxford Brookes University
The list could continue on with other schools that are doing community based artwork. Please comment if you know of some I should add to the list. Tyler School of Art has a community arts concentration, and I know MICA also has a community Arts program.
A great place to look is the Community Arts Reading room.
May 30, 2012
Social Practice Vs. Public Art
So through this process I have come to question whether I am looking at artists who use social practice, or those who just do public art. I found this amazing article which asks a couple of key questions regarding this art form to various artists working in the medium. Unfortunately, I cannot find where it came from.
Essentially, many of these artists define social practice as a kind of art making that involves interactive participation. One artist states that social practice should consider human relationships and the larger society. Public art on the other hand, can just involve public space. These artists (in the article) are interested in engagement that can happen without a gallery or museum.
Further down in the article, Mierle Laderman Ukeles says, " I have long been critical of what we call public art for a long time, because I think it jumps to space first and often stays there, before opening itself to people. Social practice is a way to get people in there from the beginning."
Now, I question whether social practice art then becomes inherently activist, because it is asking us to reflect on the larger conditions of life through the participation of other people. Public art can escape that because it is about the space it occupies.
Feel free to comment. I'd love to start a discussion about this!
Essentially, many of these artists define social practice as a kind of art making that involves interactive participation. One artist states that social practice should consider human relationships and the larger society. Public art on the other hand, can just involve public space. These artists (in the article) are interested in engagement that can happen without a gallery or museum.
Further down in the article, Mierle Laderman Ukeles says, " I have long been critical of what we call public art for a long time, because I think it jumps to space first and often stays there, before opening itself to people. Social practice is a way to get people in there from the beginning."
Now, I question whether social practice art then becomes inherently activist, because it is asking us to reflect on the larger conditions of life through the participation of other people. Public art can escape that because it is about the space it occupies.
Feel free to comment. I'd love to start a discussion about this!
May 29, 2012
Research Process
To conduct this research I have been going to various Archives. A few weeks back, I was at Ronald Feldman Gallery in Soho, looking through their artist archives of Mierle Ukeles. Last week, I was at NYU's Fales Archives researching the AIR gallery and Creative Time.
I will also be having conversations with these various women artists to gain better insight into their process.
Here are some of the artists I am looking at:
I will also be having conversations with these various women artists to gain better insight into their process.
Here are some of the artists I am looking at:
Judith F. Baca
Eleanor Antin
Carolina Caycedo
Sandra de la Loza
Lynn Hershman Leeson
Lily Yeh
Zoe Strauss
Sharon Hayes
Mierle Ukeles
Guerrilla Girls
Emily Roysdon / LTTR
Janine Antoni
Ginger Brooks Takahashi- Co-founder of LTTR
Carolee Schneemann
Swoon
Peggy Diggs
Suzanne Lacy
Katerina Seda
Kim Holleman
Candy Chang
Ariana Jacob
Candy Chang
Ariana Jacob
There are many more I could add to this list which has made this research somewhat difficult. Many of these women have gotten back to me and are allowing me to interview them for the project. I hope to create an audio component to the project that will be passed between these artists. In that sense, I can hopefully spread the same inspiration that they gave me to others.
I have also been reading a lot, from articles, to press releases, to books, I have my hands full.
Some of the books I am reading are Social Works, The One and The Many, Glass Swan...
Great publications that I am looking at are Public Art Review, Art in America, Artforum, and Public Art Dialogue.
Ok I guess I shouldn't give too much away...
WMAAPS
This year, I received a grant to research women making activist art in public spaces. I have been drawn to this topic for a number of reasons, but the first being that I am a woman making activist art in public spaces.
Since beginning my research, I have learned so much about the birth of the feminist movement, social practice, public art, and these incredible women. My blog will be a way to invite all of you to see what I am seeing, to get to know these women, and to learn more about my interest in this topic.
I figured I should share a little bit more about what I am doing before I begin, so here is an abstract I wrote for the Diamond Scholars page.
Abstract:
Art has changed dramatically since the birth of the feminist movement in the 1970’s. Many of these changes can be seen in the public art realm where feminist artists were often utilizing performance, large scale installations, and interventions to create a discussion about the role women play in society. Public art gave these women the opportunity to appeal to large audiences while challenging questions of accessibility of the celebrated minimalist artwork created by their male contemporaries. Many of the early feminist artists’ work related to subjects that had previously been repressed such as the body, sexuality, domesticity, and gender relationships. As these themes gained more attention, some women artists directed their attention towards other social movements, such as labor, the environment, and alternative economies.
Through this project I will explore what it means to be a women making activist art in a public space. Who were the artists that initiated this movement? Who are the artists working in this way today? What is their process? What is it about women that attracts them to social justice and why explore it through art? Where is public activist art going? Alongside my research, I will also be exploring my own studio practice as a woman making activist art.
Since beginning my research, I have learned so much about the birth of the feminist movement, social practice, public art, and these incredible women. My blog will be a way to invite all of you to see what I am seeing, to get to know these women, and to learn more about my interest in this topic.
I figured I should share a little bit more about what I am doing before I begin, so here is an abstract I wrote for the Diamond Scholars page.
Abstract:
Art has changed dramatically since the birth of the feminist movement in the 1970’s. Many of these changes can be seen in the public art realm where feminist artists were often utilizing performance, large scale installations, and interventions to create a discussion about the role women play in society. Public art gave these women the opportunity to appeal to large audiences while challenging questions of accessibility of the celebrated minimalist artwork created by their male contemporaries. Many of the early feminist artists’ work related to subjects that had previously been repressed such as the body, sexuality, domesticity, and gender relationships. As these themes gained more attention, some women artists directed their attention towards other social movements, such as labor, the environment, and alternative economies.
Through this project I will explore what it means to be a women making activist art in a public space. Who were the artists that initiated this movement? Who are the artists working in this way today? What is their process? What is it about women that attracts them to social justice and why explore it through art? Where is public activist art going? Alongside my research, I will also be exploring my own studio practice as a woman making activist art.
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