Weekly Statement - Due 11/23

Ánima, Silueta de Cohetes (Firework Piece), Oaxaca, Mexico, 1976

In this past week's Penny Stamps lecture, Wangechi Mutu referenced Ana Mendieta several times as an important influence in her work.  Mendieta was a Cuban-American artist (1948 – 1985) famous for her performance art and "earth-body" sculptural, photographic, and video work.  Here is an interesting article from the Tate written about her and Nancy Spero.

 Imagen de Yagul, from the series Silueta Works in Mexico 1973-1977

World Changing - Due 11/16

An oldie but a goodie:

Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty

Weekly Statement - Due 11/16

Mark Dion's Neukom Vivarium (2006) at the Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle

 

World Changing - Due 11/2

Here's a humorous Adbusters spoof ad:

Weekly Statement - Due 11/2

Kai Lossgott. 2008. Laser engraving on foxglove leaf. Spruce and glass light boxes. 30 x 30 cm. SASOL Art Collection.



Check out Kai Lossgott's project, Nothing with Skin is Blind (see above).

Post your weekly statement below in response to lecture material from 10/17 or 11/1.  

Weekly Statement - Due 10/26 (extended deadline: 10/30)

I just stumbled upon this wonderful blog : www.superuse.org

Superuse is a online community of designers, architects and everybody else who is interested in inventive ways of recycling - check them out to get some new ideas.

Above Left: bottle houses

Above Right: a sewer pipe hotel

Weekly Statement - Due 10/30 (extended)

 

Check out Mark Wentzel's work, as seen at ArtPrize this year: a group of three modified Eames Lounge Chairs, with the original cushions removed and replaced with over-stuffed, "super-sized" versions modeling the human body.  "XLounge is a safe and playful analogy to critical contemporary issues of disproportionate consumption and the global obesity epidemic." (from the ArtPrize blog)

World Changing - Due 10/12

Below is the Bergamo tree cathedral, built by Italian artist Giuliano Mauri who is known for his impressive natural architectural projects:

"The entire cathedral is built in such a way that the branches of the tree and the tree itself have arced to form the walls and roof of the holy edifice. Unfortunately, this project of love for Giuliano Mauri was completed only after his death in 2009 and has been completed quite fittingly in the International year of biodiversity. This tree cathedral will be the ultimate homage to his memory and craft and it is a marvel to behold. Consisting of 42 columns built with fir trunks and branches of hazelnuts and chestnuts twirling together as a support for the beeches, with time the beeches will grow stronger and become the pillars while the fir and hazelnut supporting structure will wither away, offering a seamless transition." (jouneyidea)

Weekly Statement - Due 10/12

Check out the work of "eating designer" Marije Vogelzang.

Post your weekly statement below in response to lecture material from 10/6 or 10/11.

World Changing - Due 10/5

Check out Renzo Piano's Living Roof at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco.

Weekly Statement - Due 10/5

This is the constantly metamorphosing work of Michel Blazy, a French artist who "works solely with living things to explore the very basic physical aspects of our existence - time, space and body." (artwelove.com)

I saw this exhibition at the Palais De Tokyo in Paris, years ago, and there were live birds flying around the gallery and nesting in this rice-noodle-tree (pictured below).  Incredibly inspiring stuff!

Post your weekly statement below in response to lecture material from 9/29 or 10/4.

World Changing - Due September 21th

This is the installation work of Tara Donovan.  Above: A gorgeous landscape built with more than 1 million 7-ounce disposable plastic cups.  "Plastic cups and Styrofoam and most of the other materials employed by Donovan represent cheapness, waste, unbridled consumption, litter. Especially when seen in abundance, and abundance is at the heart of what Donovan does." - Sebastian Smee of the Boston Globe (Quote taken from the blog, Slow Painting)

Weekly Statement - Due 9/21

Here is an interesting article about a family who decided to get as close to 0 waste as possible. Also, check out their website, myzerowaste.com, for great ways to reuse materials and household items.

Post your weekly statement below in response to lecture material from 9/15 or 9/20.

Welcome!

Hello all,

This bit of cyberspace is where you will be posting your weekly responses.

The IDEA is:

1) the opportunity to continue *intelligent* discussion (of the topics you encounter in lecture as well as our weekly discussion sessions)

2) to TYPE loudly (for those of you who are timid in group, or for those simply need some gestation time to make sense of it all)

and ultimately,

3) to provide a means to access visual culture and the "ART WORLD" via links that you all might include in your blog posts.

To post: click on "post a comment," copy and paste your 1-page word document, and submit.

Be sure to include your name and date so eliminate confusion.

If you have any questions or concerns let me know.

I'm really looking forward to hearing all of your ideas,
Alisha

P.S. First assignment: please read Beyond Hope by Derrick Jensen and calculate your footprint.  Also -- begin reading A Sand County Almanac.