Tag Archives: Performance

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Art21 Meets Fluxus

by Joe Fusaro | Apr 4, 2012

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Art21 Meets Fluxus

by Joe Fusaro | Apr 4, 2012

This past Saturday I had the pleasure of working with the University of Michigan Museum of Art to present “Art21 Meets Fluxus”. Over thirty teachers from a variety of disciplines came together to learn more about working with Art21 education materials and to brainstorm ways of bringing this smart and provocative exhibition, titled Fluxus and the Essential Questions of Life, into their classrooms.

Center Field: Art in the Middle with Bad at Sports.

Centerfield | Talking to the Moon

by Caroline Picard | Mar 27, 2012

Center Field: Art in the Middle with Bad at Sports.

Centerfield | Talking to the Moon

by Caroline Picard | Mar 27, 2012

Silence speaks volumes in the work of artist Katie Paterson as well as in Theater Oobleck’s stage performance of “The Hunchback Variations.”
Sanford Biggers and the contemporary Mandala (2012). Emory Visual Arts Gallery. Photo by the author.

Sanford Biggers: Contemporary Mandala and the Hip-Hop Ethos

by Nettrice Gaskins | Mar 23, 2012

Sanford Biggers: Contemporary Mandala and the Hip-Hop Ethos

by Nettrice Gaskins | Mar 23, 2012

Nettrice Gaskins reports on Sanford Biggers’ week-long residency at Emory University, where he created a contemporary mandala that functions as a dance floor.

Open Enrollment

Open Enrollment | Frames and Filigree

by Antonius Wiriadjaja | Mar 14, 2012

Open Enrollment

Open Enrollment | Frames and Filigree

by Antonius Wiriadjaja | Mar 14, 2012

Antonius Wiriadjaja on GIFs, shadow puppet theaters, and how he wants to frame his future post M.F.A.

5 Questions for Contemporary Practice

5 Questions for Contemporary Practice with Andrea Geyer

by Thom Donovan | Feb 28, 2012

5 Questions for Contemporary Practice

5 Questions for Contemporary Practice with Andrea Geyer

by Thom Donovan | Feb 28, 2012

Thom Donovan talks with Andrea Geyer, whose 10-channel video installation “9 Scripts from a Nation at War” is currently on view at MoMA.

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Talking with Janine Antoni and Getting Set for NAEA: Part One

by Joe Fusaro | Feb 22, 2012

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Talking with Janine Antoni and Getting Set for NAEA: Part One

by Joe Fusaro | Feb 22, 2012

This week’s column features a brand, new interview with Janine Antoni in advance of her upcoming keynote address and workshop at the National Art Education Association’s annual conference on March 1st here in New York City.

Gastro-Vision

Gastro-Vision | Iraqi Cuisine Goes Mobile

by Nicole J. Caruth | Feb 17, 2012

Gastro-Vision

Gastro-Vision | Iraqi Cuisine Goes Mobile

by Nicole J. Caruth | Feb 17, 2012

Artist Michael Rakowitz’s “Enemy Kitchen (Food Truck)” is a roving eatery where local Iraqi cooks and US veterans of the Iraq war serve meals to the public.

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Gimme Shelter | APAP 2012: Time Is Empty and Everything Is Real

by Marissa Perel | Feb 3, 2012

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Gimme Shelter | APAP 2012: Time Is Empty and Everything Is Real

by Marissa Perel | Feb 3, 2012

Perel reports on four highlight performances from the Association of Performing Arts Presenters Conference that took place January 6-10, 2012.

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Transformation and Distortion

by Joe Fusaro | Feb 1, 2012

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Transformation and Distortion

by Joe Fusaro | Feb 1, 2012

Two of my classes begin a new unit where students are asked to work with the themes of distortion and transformation. Especially for teens, the idea of transformation- of the self, objects, symbols, even the meaning of words- is an attractive proposal. Add the multiple implications associated with distortion and it becomes the kind of field day you really want in a classroom.
Perfomance by Yuki Higashino at Skånes Konstförening Malmö, Sweden

The Unholy Trinity of Postmodern Architects, Black Metal, and Holy Minimalism

by Mathias Jansson | Jan 27, 2012

The Unholy Trinity of Postmodern Architects, Black Metal, and Holy Minimalism

by Mathias Jansson | Jan 27, 2012

What do postmodern architecture, Black Metal culture and ‘holy minimalist’ musical compositions have in common? Read on to find out.

Artistic Machinima and Britney Spears’s Pink Mansion

by Mathias Jansson | Jan 24, 2012

Artistic Machinima and Britney Spears’s Pink Mansion

by Mathias Jansson | Jan 24, 2012

Video games have become a serious art form, as Jansson’s interview with Australian “machinima” artist Chris Howlett reveals.

Dirt and Blankets

by #OccupyArt21 #LosAngeles | Jan 10, 2012

Dirt and Blankets

by #OccupyArt21 #LosAngeles | Jan 10, 2012

Anna Mayer shows how protest encampments are themselves a form of embodied activism that puts basic human needs front and center.

#OccupyOccupyArt21

by #OccupyArt21 #LosAngeles | Jan 9, 2012

#OccupyOccupyArt21

by #OccupyArt21 #LosAngeles | Jan 9, 2012

No matter where you live, you can Occupy. Conceptual artist Mikal Czech offers a series of proposals to get you started.

Octupy Los Angeles

by #OccupyArt21 #LosAngeles | Jan 6, 2012

Octupy Los Angeles

by #OccupyArt21 #LosAngeles | Jan 6, 2012

Teresa Carmody talks with Owen Driggs about the making of a giant Octopus puppet, which stands as a visual metaphor for corporate reach as well as leaderless organization.

Radical Receptivities

by #OccupyArt21 #LosAngeles | Jan 4, 2012

Radical Receptivities

by #OccupyArt21 #LosAngeles | Jan 4, 2012

Can listening more actively spur radical change? Elana Mann and Juliana Snapper on The People’s Mic and the power of attentive voices.

Human Pyramids and the Capitalist System

by #OccupyArt21 #LosAngeles | Jan 3, 2012

Human Pyramids and the Capitalist System

by #OccupyArt21 #LosAngeles | Jan 3, 2012

Robby Herbst discusses his grandfather’s 1930s-era amateur acrobatic troupe, whose stunts symbolically enacted the power and pleasure of united workers.

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Gimme Shelter | Smash Your Idols: Clifford Owens at MoMA PS1

by Marissa Perel | Dec 29, 2011

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Gimme Shelter | Smash Your Idols: Clifford Owens at MoMA PS1

by Marissa Perel | Dec 29, 2011

Perel considers the complex array of issues arising from the exhibition “Clifford Owens: Anthology” on view at MoMA PS1.

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Under the Radar: Best of 2011, Part 2

by Joe Fusaro | Dec 28, 2011

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Under the Radar: Best of 2011, Part 2

by Joe Fusaro | Dec 28, 2011

Following up on last week’s post, here are a few more shows that flew under the radar in 2011, including Dana Schutz at the Neuberger and Katharina Grosse at Mass MoCA.

Gastro-Vision | It Was a Sweet Year

by Nicole J. Caruth | Dec 23, 2011

Gastro-Vision | It Was a Sweet Year

by Nicole J. Caruth | Dec 23, 2011

Think sweets are just for kids? Think again: Caruth surveys ten memorable food art projects from 2011 that take a cutting-edge approach to the dessert genre.

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Under the Radar: Best of 2011

by Joe Fusaro | Dec 21, 2011

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Under the Radar: Best of 2011

by Joe Fusaro | Dec 21, 2011

Some excellent shows from 2011 flew a little under the radar, even a few housed in major museums, and they had plenty to offer when it comes to inspiring students and teachers. Part 1 of 2.

Open Enrollment

Open Enrollment | The Pool, the Pants and the Performance

by Antonius Wiriadjaja | Dec 21, 2011

Open Enrollment

Open Enrollment | The Pool, the Pants and the Performance

by Antonius Wiriadjaja | Dec 21, 2011

Antonius Wiriadjaja highlights the cutting-edge projects currently on view at Tisch’s ITP (Interactive Telecommunications Program).

From the stage to the studio | Terence Hannum: unholy bows, negative litanies, and amidst throngs

by Amelia Ishmael | Dec 2, 2011

From the stage to the studio | Terence Hannum: unholy bows, negative litanies, and amidst throngs

by Amelia Ishmael | Dec 2, 2011

  Terence Hannum is a musician and studio artist who has recently relocated from Chicago to Baltimore to teach at Stevenson University. I first met Terence shortly after moving to …

Mark Titchner: More noise, more silence, sigils, and word viruses

by Amelia Ishmael | Nov 29, 2011

Mark Titchner: More noise, more silence, sigils, and word viruses

by Amelia Ishmael | Nov 29, 2011

  In September of this year I traveled to Wolverhampton, U.K. to present some of my research on Black Metal and contemporary art to the Home of Metal Conference, a …

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Set Me Free! Performa 2011 Part II: Beyond the Biennial

by Marissa Perel | Nov 29, 2011

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Set Me Free! Performa 2011 Part II: Beyond the Biennial

by Marissa Perel | Nov 29, 2011

If moribund is defined as an adjective for that which is approaching death or obsolescence, then perhaps it is the best word to describe my experience of Performa’s last week. This …

Gastro-Vision | Performing Cotton Candy in a Land of Cockaigne

by Nicole J. Caruth | Nov 23, 2011

Gastro-Vision | Performing Cotton Candy in a Land of Cockaigne

by Nicole J. Caruth | Nov 23, 2011

  Will Cotton’s candy and pastry-filled landscapes have come to life in recent years, taking the form of a posh pop-up bakery in 2009, and a year later, forming the …

Gast Bouschet and Nadine Hilbert: Vibrations of Light and Sound, to trigger seismic molecular events, to shake the wall, to break down barriers

by Amelia Ishmael | Nov 22, 2011

Gast Bouschet and Nadine Hilbert: Vibrations of Light and Sound, to trigger seismic molecular events, to shake the wall, to break down barriers

by Amelia Ishmael | Nov 22, 2011

  Earlier this year Gast Bouschet and Nadine Hilbert responded to a call for entries I posted for two separate curatorial endeavors: one for the Black Metal theory journal Helvete, …

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Gimme Shelter | Performa 2011: Performance Art Is Dead. Long Live Performance Art!

by Marissa Perel | Nov 18, 2011

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Gimme Shelter | Performa 2011: Performance Art Is Dead. Long Live Performance Art!

by Marissa Perel | Nov 18, 2011

November brings with it the sweeping Performa 2011 Biennial, filling theaters, galleries, churches and plazas across New York City. This is the fourth Biennial to date, and the most far-reaching, ambitious …

Open Enrollment

Open Enrollment | Le Fils du Gong

by Antonius Wiriadjaja | Nov 16, 2011

Open Enrollment

Open Enrollment | Le Fils du Gong

by Antonius Wiriadjaja | Nov 16, 2011

I am riding on the adrenaline rush of playing at the Lincoln Center’s Walter Reader Theater to a sold-out audience with my classical Javanese gamelan orchestra, Kusuma Laras. I wasn’t …

Gastro-Vision

Gastro-Vision: On Bottle Poppin

by Nicole J. Caruth | Oct 31, 2011

Gastro-Vision

Gastro-Vision: On Bottle Poppin

by Nicole J. Caruth | Oct 31, 2011

Artist-designer Tahir Hemphill is gathering quirky facts about popular culture via Hip-Hop Word Count, his searchable directory of over 40,000 hip-hop songs. If you’ve ever wanted to know the education level …

Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print

Ink | The Birth of the Underground: Fluxus Editions

by Sarah Kirk Hanley | Oct 14, 2011

Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print

Ink | The Birth of the Underground: Fluxus Editions

by Sarah Kirk Hanley | Oct 14, 2011

Fluxus, an international counter-culture collective of artists, musicians, and designers, was formed 50 years ago in 1961/2.  Its goals were laid out in the 1963 offset lithograph Fluxus Manifesto (on …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Getting Set for PS1’s “September 11”

by Joe Fusaro | Oct 12, 2011

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Getting Set for PS1’s “September 11”

by Joe Fusaro | Oct 12, 2011

In two weeks I am taking a group of students to visit the September 11 exhibition at PS1. Most of the high school students in these two classes have some …

Happiness as an Aesthetic Strategy

by Tricia Van Eck | Oct 12, 2011

Happiness as an Aesthetic Strategy

by Tricia Van Eck | Oct 12, 2011

After 22 years of Richard M. Daley, the longest-serving mayor in Chicago’s history, our city has a new mayor, Rahm Emanuel. While artists often greet new politicians with a screed …

Encounters with Generosity, Cooperation, and Community

by Tricia Van Eck | Oct 10, 2011

Encounters with Generosity, Cooperation, and Community

by Tricia Van Eck | Oct 10, 2011

The unpredictable and often ephemeral encounters that occur when art, community, audience, and ideas intersect are what excite me most about working with artists. For my last project at the …

Chris Vargas

by Rachel Mason | Oct 7, 2011

Chris Vargas

by Rachel Mason | Oct 7, 2011

Chris E. Vargas and I went to high school together at Grover Cleveland High, a public school in Reseda, in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles. The tattooed …

MPA

by Rachel Mason | Oct 6, 2011

MPA

by Rachel Mason | Oct 6, 2011

A few weeks ago I went to Chelsea to see Robert Melee’s show at Andrew Kreps Gallery. As I was enjoying the way the gallery space seemed to unexpectedly take a turn, …

Dawn Kasper

by Rachel Mason | Oct 4, 2011

Dawn Kasper

by Rachel Mason | Oct 4, 2011

  When I was a kid my grandmother took me to visit her hundred-year-old aunt in a nursing home in Phoenix, Arizona. I was hopelessly bored for several days. Wandering …