tHis tHanksgiviN'

hUngry..... and and...iNvoCatioN

one two...one two.

i mEt this giRl wHen i was ten years oLd...


in it to win it.

yOu know them staKes is hiGh.

viBe... viBaratioN

Readings for Avalon's presentation 11/15

Sorry to not get these out sooner. Look at the pieces in the pdfs below. I'll be sharing even yet another pdf as well. Sticking to my tendency to be contrary (this time to myself) I won't be giving much in depth "context" to San Keller's work. Instead I'll be presenting him to you through my research and from my direct experiences of his work and from anecdotes he shared with me when he visited Portland. There is some overlap in these pdfs but that's ok.

www.likeyou.com/brigitteweiss/San_Keller_DOK_e.pdf

http://www.martinrudolf.com/SanKellerCatalogue.pdf

Also the music page we created:

http://myspace.com/actionsofsan

And San's Memosan game:

http://www.zimmerfrei.li/memosan/index.php

Readings for Thursday 11/15

I e-mailed the articles that I'd like you to read for Thursday's class. If you didn't receive them and would like me to resend them, please let me know. In addition to the readings, please familiarize yourselves with the content of the two shows we'll be discussing: Wack! Art and the Feminist Revolution and Global Feminisms: New Directions in Contemporary Art via the web-sites linked here.

Thanks,
B

Links for Next Thursday

Hope everyone is enjoying the reading on memes. The middle article is kinda dense, but lays a lot of good groundwork. Feel free to skim that one if you want.

Here are some examples of internet memes and viral marketng. Enjoy.

all your base
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4AuN6pN1kY

super mario
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZpD0btOZx8

amateur
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Rlc2XTbPA8

flying toasters
http://www.screensavers.com/afterdark/

dancing hamster
http://www.hampsterdance.com/classorig.html

blingee
http://blingee.com/

wassup?
http://www.aeonity.com/ab/soundboards/television/wassup-commercial.php

lol cat
http://lolcat.com/

kikomon
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/kikkoman-e

spinning leek
http://dojo.fi/~rancid/loituma__.swf

birdy nam nam
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PqvDwBOp9Y

cartoon network bomb scare
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Boston_Mooninite_Scare
http://zebbler.com/friends/ATHF/ATHFZebblerMission1websm.mov
http://www.adultswim.com/tools/img/cards/home/012907/012907_covers_04.jpg

ok go
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv5zWaTEVkI


dancing baby
http://www.burningpixel.com/Baby/BabyMus1.htm

christmas ringtones!
http://www.monstertones.com/ringtones/artists/christmas-ringtones.html

Thursday Readings

Read this:
TRUTH IS A VIRUS: Meme Warfare and the Billionaires for Bush (or Gore) by Andrew Boyd

and this:

Affirmative Action; Tom Vanderbilt on The Yes Men

and this for a definition and history of Culture Jamming:

Culture Jamming on Wiki

If you want to find out more on The Yes Men and The Billionaires For Bush, peruse the list "Culture Jamming Organizations or People."

Extra if interested:
This Wikipedia article explains Internet Memes

Some other stuff of possible interest, not mandatory:
Activism in the Information Age, The Yes Men on Bill Moyer
Tactical Media (both tactical and media are links)
Google Bomb
Flash Mobs
Thing.net
Dow v. Thing A Free-Speech Infringement That's Worse Than Censorship
Hactivism

Thursday Readings

We'd like you to read the following article on the conservation of new media. Then check out the bamfa and variable media sites to get an idea of what and how this issue is being handled...

http://artnews.com/issues/article.asp?art_id=1170

http://bampfa.berkeley.edu/about/avantgarde

http://www.variablemedia.net/

Browse some of the following sites...just play around and look at how artists are using new media in different ways...

http://www.deborahoropallo.com/

http://yoonlee.info/wst_page5.php?idx=12&file=images/untitled6web.jpg&&ID2=E5UoTs

http://010101.sfmoma.org/

http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/category/new-media-art/

www.camilleutterback.com

http://www.uwec.edu/newsreleases/06/oct/1002SUPERvision.htm

http://rhizome.org/editorial/fp/blog.php/184 / http://artonline.jp/07.html

http://rhizome.org/object.php?47180

Your meeting today 11/1

Dear MFA group,

If you need a computer and projection for your meeting tonight, I will be in the lecture room at 5:30 where you can gather and show any relevant visuals.

I hope you all received the email I sent out last week outlining the expectations for your oral presentation, written materials and final questions. Your final grade will depend on completion of these projects.

Please let me know what resources or specifics you need as you prepare for the end of the term, or if you have any questions.

-Molly

Class at 5:30 PM on 11/1/07

Just a reminder - we agreed to meet earlier this week so that we'd be free to walk down to Igloo w/ Damien and still have time for other 1st Thurs. festivities.

Damien's Readings for 11/1

My talk is basically visiting my gallery space, IGLOO. So I am asking you to do 2 things:

1. Read about one artist in particular in the show, Ryan Trecartin (links below).

2. Think of a gallery/project space/collective in Portland that operates with low budget or no budget. I want to identify a variety of artistic venues and current themes of presentation. Can be anything from yearly shows, stores, homes, trailers, screenings: just a physical presence is necessary (not primarily web based). Share it with the class

Ryan Trecartin links:

Trecartin's process is founded upon a fluid yet orchestrated interaction between the artist and a group of collaborators - his friends, family, fellow artists, and various acquaintances he meets on the internet. These collaborators create and respond to a scripted variety of characters, themes, phrases, settings, and even vocal accents provided by Trecartin, who directs, stars in, and videotapes the resulting scenarios. Filmic segments then serve as raw material that the artist meticulously arranges and edits by digitally manipulating each frame and by intercutting and layering an assortment of synthetic imagery. The final work articulates a next-generation vision of contemporary culture and collaboration that collapses video, internet, television, performance, digital technology and sound into one unique manifestation, culminating in an entirely new mode of the medium.


http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/ryan_trecartin.htm
http://www.artforum.com/inprint/id=10046
http://filmbrats.com/editorials/ryantrecartin.html
http://www.artintheage.com/post.php?m=2&x=117&y=2007
http://www.iglooart.blogspot.com

Reading list for Thursday November 1st

Hi all, here is the reading for next Thursday. All these readings can be accessed from http://homeworkproject.org/
I hope you'll find this site exciting an want to explore it (and its various links) however I have three specific reading requests;
I'd like you to read the introduction on the home page, and check out artwurl http://www.artwurl.org/
In particular I'd like you to read “Who's Teaching Who?” which is number 61 in the interview section of artwurl. And lastly I'd like you to scan the Artists, and Summerschool sections, please choose one artist, or project you find there, and bring something to share about her/him/it/them to class, either your thoughts on what you read, or some information you found would be great.

Two last things, if you have time please look at “Set” #44 in the artists projects section of artwurl. If we have time I'd like us to play this game. artwurl requires flash 7+ to open, if this is a problem let me know and I will cut and paste the contents into emails.

Venice Biennale artist links

This is a resource, not for any particular reading or lecture. I dont' know how to create a folder of artists links so I'm making this post. If there's a better way to share these links please do it or let me know. Also, I don't know how to make these hyperlinks in the posts window.

Links for every artist in the Venice Biennale (a few could not be found):

http://www.ikon-gallery.co.uk/currentExhibitionsIgnasiAballi.htm
http://www.criee.org/abdessemed.php
http://www.alterazionivideo.com/
http://www.diacenter.org/alys/
http://www.postmedia.net/alys/alys.htm
http://www.elanatsui.com/
http://www.mariangoodman.com/anselmo/
http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts/morocco_2888.jsp
http://www.zonezero.com/exposiciones/fotografos/vigo2/basilico.html
http://www.25books.com/25_books_all_detail.php?book=2224&cat=1&PHPSESSID=54ef0bd2f8e24f7e328bc80d5c24ae52
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/buren_daniel.html
http://www.lucabuvoli.com/
http://www1.uol.com.br/bienal/23bienal/paises/ipbr.htm
http://www.sophiecalle.net/
http://www.paolocanevari.com/
http://www.christiancapurro.com/
http://www.skor.nl/PanoramicPortraits/Manon/index.html
http://www.portikus.de/ArchiveA0033.html
http://www.whitechapel.org/content.php?page_id=675
http://home.att.net/~artarchives/iran_tone.html
http://www.landfallpress.com/drake.htm
http://www.valieexport.org/
http://www.leonferrari.com.ar/
http://www.textilita.com/2006/02/angelo-filomeno-embroidered-art.html
http://www.shanghart.com/artists/yangfudong/default.htm
http://www.shugoarts.com/en/fujimoto.html
http://artscenecal.com/ArticlesFile/Archive/Articles2002/Articles0402/CGainesA.html
http://www.ganahl.info/
http://enconstruccion.org/recentwork/
http://www.pica.org.au/art04/Gladwell04.html
http://www.shermangalleries.com.au/artists/inartists/artist_profile.asp?artist=gladwells
http://www.felixgmelin.com/
http://www.gutov.ru/works.htm
http://www.galerialeme.com/artistas_bio.php?lang=ing&id=13
http://www.lyleashtonharris.com/
http://www.feldmangallery.com/pages/artistsrffa/arthill01.html
http://www.jennyholzer.com/
http://www.icp.org/site/c.dnJGKJNsFqG/b.2041585/k.9804/Marine_Hugonnier.htm
http://www.philamuseum.org/exhibitions/276.html
http://www.whitney.org/www/2006biennial/artists.php?artist=Huyghe_Pierre
http://www.mariangoodman.com/Huyghe/
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/museo/6/jacir/
http://www.kimjones.com/
http://www.ilya-emilia-kabakov.com/
http://www.gagosian.com/artists/yz-kami/
http://www.galleriaastuni.com/eng/artista.php?id=39
http://www.nga.gov/gemini/essay5.htm
http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/martin_kippenberger.htm
http://www.paletteartgallery.com/artistbiography.asp?artistid=41
http://www.artswithoutborders.com/ArtsNet/artistrev.aspx?strper=548&pageno=1&ps=0&title=Riyas%20Komu
http://www.speronewestwater.com/cgi-bin/iowa/artists/record.html?record=6
http://www.tolarnogalleries.com/rosemary-laing/
http://www.projetoleonilson.com.br/site.php?idio=2
http://www.artnet.com/galleries/Exhibitions.asp?gid=216&cid=79566
http://www.artnet.com/galleries/Exhibitions.asp?gid=216&cid=79566
http://www.nalinimalani.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_McQueen_(artist)
http://www.documenta12.de/uebersichtsdetails.html?L=1&gk=B&level=&knr=37
http://www.designboom.com/snapshot/gallery.php?SNAPSHOT_ID=8&GALLERY_ID=321
http://universes-in-universe.de/car/venezia/eng/2007/tour/int-exhib/img-33.htm
http://joshuamosley.com/
http://www.oscarmunoz.com/
http://www.ndmoa.com/PastEx/Disappeared/OscarMunoz/index.html
http://www.ndmoa.com/PastEx/Disappeared/OscarMunoz/index.html
http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/murray/index.html
http://www.artnet.com/artist/12306/elizabeth-murray.html
http://www.wexarts.org/ex/2003/zoran_naskovski/
http://www.oktobarskisalon.org/47/pages/naskovski.html
http://www.artfacts.net/index.php/pageType/artistInfo/artist/3205
http://www.nyss.org/nozkowski/
http://www.odilidonaldodita.com/
http://www.cca-kitakyushu.org/english/project/ohanian_project.shtml
http://www.airdeparis.com/parreno.htm
http://www.perjovschi.ro/
http://www.2ndthought.net/raymondpettibon/gallery.htm
http://www.goethe.de/kue/bku/thm/kab/en2132118.htm
http://theamericanservicemenandwomen.com/0110list.html
http://www.lablaa.org/blaavirtual/todaslasartes/genera/gene21.htm
http://www.artbrain.org/gallery3/rhoades.html
http://www.gerhard-richter.com/home/index.php
http://www.chtodelat.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=category§ionid=17&id=139&Itemid=128
http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/rothenberg/index.html
http://www.guggenheimcollection.org/site/artist_works_140_0.html
http://www.artfacts.net/index.php/pageType/artistInfo/artist/67548
http://www.artfacts.net/index.php/pageType/artistInfo/artist/43758
http://www.whitechapel.org/content.php?page_id=3005
http://galerie-herrmann.com/arts/samba/
http://www.barbarakrakowgallery.com/contentmgr/showdetails.php/id/353
http://contessanally.blogspot.com/2007_07_01_archive.html
http://nedkosolakov.net/content/index_eng.html
http://www.artnet.com/artist/15935/nancy-spero.html
http://int.kateigaho.com/oct03/anime-tabaimo.html
http://www.comum.com/elainetedesco/
http://www.artnet.com/artist/708416/philippe-thomas.html
http://www.e-flux.com/shows/view/4278
http://www.michaelsteinbergfineart.com/artists/Trouve/trouve.html
http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/walker/index.html
http://www.artseensoho.com/Art/LEOCASTELLI/weiner97/weiner1.html
http://www.adaweb.com/project/homeport/
http://www.gagosian.com/artists/franz-west/
http://www.sophiewhettnall.com/
http://www.dvirgallery.com/pages/artists/pWolberg/index.htm
http://www.shugoarts.com/en/yoneda.html
http://www.chenzhen.org/
http://www.shanghart.com/artists/yangzhenzhong/default.htm
http://www.shanghartgallery.com/galleryarchive/artist.htm?artistId=44

Eric's Readings for Thurs. 11/01/07

1.
Claire Bishop's article, The Social Turn: Collaboration and its Discontents, discusses aesthetics and activism in social/collaborative art. It can be read here. You may need to generate a username and password...it's free though.

2.
Leisure Arts discusses their take on Bishop's text here on their blog. At the bottom there are a few "links to this post." I would like you to read at least one of those.

3.
Lastly, if you are confused about what exactly social practices is, you can read this.

Reading Materials for Thurs. 10/18

Locative Media and Performance:

I will be asking for the class's reflections and thoughts on some of the content found in the following links. I know that there is a bit to be seen here.

Here are some contextual and historical sites to visit. Never heard of an ARG or a Derive? Check those wiki-links out. Now you know what an ARG is, but can't really figure out what it would be like to play one? Look at the Cruel 2 be Kind video. And, please, take some time with Blast Theory and Christian Nold.

Alternate Reality Games (ARG)
Alternate Reality Game - Wikipedia - look at the definition, similarities and differences to other forms of entertainment, and basic design principles

Games:
B.U.G. - Big Urban Game - this is an example of how a city used the concept of an ARG to develop some urban planning strategies
Cruel 2 be kind video - This video sums up the spirit of this game pretty well. No use of locative media, but its purpose/meaning is relevant in terms of thinking about walking, games and participants' experiences of place. Designed by amazing thinker Jane McGonigal.

Walking:
Songlines - Walking as a way of telling history or relating to your culture isn't such a "modern" idea, but perhaps a colonialized one.
Derive - Wikipedia - a philosophy on walking designed by Guy Debord, related to Situationists ideas about people's relationships with the city
Manifesto for a New Walking Culture - browse it. Lots of pretty pictures and short quotes here. I recommend: 5 of Hearts, A of Spades, 3 of Hearts, 6 of Clubs
Richard Long - Sculptures - One of the first artistic walkers I learned about.
Lone Twin Interview - Just check out the little blurb under "Lone Twin, impractically optimistic". These guys walk telephone poles in straight lines through cities.

Examples of Artists using Locative media (such as cell phones with GPS, or specially created hand held devices with GPS) in performances:

Blast Theory
http://www.blasttheory.co.uk/ -
Home page for Blast Theory, a collaborative group of artists working with locative media. I really like " Can You See Me Now" and "Uncle Roy All Around You".
Day of the Figurines - look at the home page for this game to see the basic summary of this game. Uses cell phones which are mobile media, but does not rely on geo-location.
The Presence Project: Gabriella Giannachi - a participant's reflections on participating in this game, along with a phone photo of where she is each time the game contacts her. Dates of note (for browsing): 28/9/2006, 9/10/2006, 18/10/2006 or 20/10/2006

Other Locative Media Artists
Biomapping - Christian Nold recently had a show at Southern Exposure in SF, as well as in other cities across the globe. An interesting way to link participants' experience of place, the practice of walking, mapping, and the use of locative media.
Locative Media in the Wild - A group of students' explorations using GPS software

Class Schedule and Notes

Each of us will present individually or in small groups. Presentations will be 1 hour each. Each presentation will be supplemented with research/reading material given to the class at least a week prior to the actual presentation. It is crucial for everyone to do these readings. Please don't shirk or you'll make Eric mad and he might start docking your pay (maybe that's only for the studio people, but I'm sure he'll think of something for all you social folks!)

The schedule is as follows:

October 18 --

-Jerry Saltz article
-Look over http://www.biennale-de-lyon.org/bac2007/angl/
-Katy will present -- readings will be posted by tomorrow -- please look over as much as possible prior to class

October 25 -- *Class starts at 6:00*

-Meeting with Molly at side entrance of PAM, followed by walk-through of museum

November 1 -- *To accommodate 1st Thursday, class will go from 5:15 to 7:15 at which point we will head over to Igloo with Damien*

-Sandy
-Eric
-Damien

November 8 -- *Class starts at 6.00 with Molly*

-Laurel
-Rebecca
-Vanessa

November 15 --

-Cyrus
-Avalon
-Bethany

November 29--

Individual presentations to art history class

The "Noughties"

The September issue of Artforum includes in its fall preview info about the Lyon Biennial 2007, titled "The 00s: The History of a Decade That Has Not Been Named." Curators Stephane Moisdon and Hands-Ulrich Obrist promise "a history and geography manual in the form of a game" and artists have designed a "set of strategies" to define the decade. Curators' texts on the website (http://www.biennale-de-lyon.org/bac2007/angl/) may give some ideas for structure and content.

Some food for thought

Hello MFAs,

I look forward to seeing your project come to fruition and I think your ideas are leading you in a good direction as you narrow and refine your approach to format and content. As you are thinking about the past 10 years of contemporary art making and using the recent international art shows as a point of departure you can consider several perspectives that are defining our art today. You have mentioned some of these in your brainstorming, too:

• Choices and influences of artist
• Position/responsibility of the curator and new curatorial practices
  
• Role of the critic
• Evolving venues (museum, public space, international forums, art fairs) and impact of new audiences
  
• New mediums

I have some articles to which I will post links in the next day or so. Stay tuned....

I'll look forward to meeting with you on the 25th at 6pm at the Museum. -Molly

Content Ideas

Here are the ideas from the group regarding different kinds of content we'd like to learn about in the class:

-- What is Global Art?

-- Global Art - what's showing internationally right now? (non-eurocentric/american, more globalized/international)

--Global art/Diversity

--Cross pollination between art and life

--Generosity in art

--Locative media and performance

-- Internet/new media

--Non-academic movements, outsider art

--Current feminist concerns in art

--Comics (their relation to contemporary art & performance)

--Comics and animation

Structure Ideas

These are the structural or activity based ideas from the cards. (I kind of think that its possible that some of these are about allowing the structure/activity, such as field trips/research to define the content):

-- Each week we lecture on Genres in art today, each of us picking 1 artist (and resources about that artist) a week. (for a total of 11 artists/week)

-- We read the Phaiden Cream series

-- Current Events - look at publications, internet/magazines

-- E-flux, magazines, biennale, internet

--Study E-flux postings online, research and write about them

--Field trip

--Physically go to galleries/museums for discussions

--Field trip to Portland gallery based reactions/discussion

--Study the Contemporary Collections/exhibitions at PAM, SAM & Yerba Buena

--Present on: What have our personal experiences done art-wise for our contemporary art histories?

--Connect the Dots - Create a wall map showing what we study and the connections between them

Brainstorming Recap

I thought I'd fill in the Eric, Laurel and Cyrus (who were in Regina with Harrell) with a little more info about the brainstorming process we did during class last week.

We each individually brainstormed a list of ideas about what the ideal art history class would look like for 5 minutes.
We then each read our list to the rest of the group.
We each picked our 3 clearest ideas and wrote them on cards.
We all stood around a table and put the cards on the table, and then started to group the cards together. For example, there were three people who were interested in learning about global trends, so we put those cards in a group.

Looking at the cards, it seemed like people had suggested two different types of information about this 'ideal' art history class. Some people suggested different structures for how the class period would happen, and other people suggested content ideas. And, it seemed like some people were suggesting different structures as the content of the class.

From what I can tell, we didn't quite agree on either structure or content. It seems like these two things are what we will be trying to suss out during our Wednesday evening meeting after the visit to the library.

Friends!

We've invited everyone to join this blog in hopes that you will all contribute anything you have to have to offer. We would love suggestions for artists, topics, critics...anything you think might further us in our study of contemporary art from 2000-2007.

Welcome to our club.

Meeting 1:

7.30 pm, October 17, Multnomah County Library following anxiety lecture...we will proceed to a nearby locale from there to plan for the term.

Meeting 2:

6.30 pm, October 18, Rm 330 -- Read Jerry Saltz hand out for class and bring 1-2 other articles pertaining to the subject to discuss.

Meeting 3:

6.00, October 25, Portland Art Museum, Side Entrance -- Meet Molly for update and join rest of class for Art Museum tour.