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ART/MEDIA

May 01, 2024

ART/MEDIA was a social sculpture project in the form of series of socio-political public art events that took place in 1986 in Albuquerque and Santa Fe New Mexico.[1] This groundbreaking artist forum featured artworks presented to the public through the mass media in a series of artist-designed billboards, television, radio and print media, and in museum exhibitions, a lecture series, and performance art series.[1] Through this extended format, the artwork and ideas of contemporary artists were made accessible to a large public audience outside of the traditional art audience.[2]

Steina and Woody Vasulka, who video documented ART/MEDIA, speaking in their studio on the role of art in contemporary society. 1986
Jenny Holzer interviewed in New Mexico on artists working with the Mass Media. 1986. Still from video by Steina & Woody Vasulka, used with permission.

Social sculpture and political art edit

ART/MEDIA operated as a museum without walls with an office located in the historical Kimo Theater on Route 66.[3] National and locally known artists were commissioned to create socio-political artwork presented through the mass media. These works addressed critical issues of the time, such as nuclear proliferation, environmental degradation, human rights, animal rights, and loss of privacy through technology. The associated forum and events stimulated discourse between local communities and nationally known artists through hands-on video workshops, interviews, lectures, performances, informal discussions and road trips.[4] Inspired by the concept/model of Joseph Beuys social sculpture, that have the potential to transform society, ART/MEDIA was an extended artwork that included human interactions, creating structures and systems within society using language, thought, objects, events and actions.[5] The project was documented by video artists Steina and Woody Vasulka who founded The Kitchen in New York City in 1971.[6]

Artists involved edit

Artists involved in ART/MEDIA included: Hans Haacke, Jenny Holzer, Rachel Rosenthal, Terry Allen (artist), Paul Bob of Bob and Bob, Church of the SubGenius, Godfrey Reggio and the Institute for Regional Education, Mohammed Jim 5X (Jim Stuber), Larry Goodell, Violet Ray, Bob Willis, The Carcass Sisters, Jean-Paul Curtay, Lousie Maffitt and Robert McDermott, Patrick Clancy and Gwen Widmer, Lee Connor, Barbara Bock, Manny Rettinger, John P. McCloskey, Steven Durland of High Performance Magazine, and the art critic/historian, Craig Owens (critic).[7][8][9]

Works in the mass media edit

Artist-designed billboards included a series of forty billboards by Jenny Holzer addressing Ronald Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative, and deployed a fleet of Holzer's Inflammatory Statements street posters. Rachel Rosenthal designed a billboard dealing with animal rights for laboratory rats. Paul Bob designed a series of billboards on the practice of everyday life.[10][11] Artist-designed print media projects included a color spread by Patrick Clancy and Gwen Widmer that recontextualized articles within Albuquerque Magazine, Jenny Holzer produced a large print piece containing her inflammatory statements that was inserted into the Sunday edition of the Albuquerque Journal newspaper, Paul Bob, and Rosenthal produced projects in other statewide publications.[6]

Exhibitions, lectures, and performances edit

Exhibitions included Subversive Acts: Artists Working With The Media Politically, at the New Mexico Museum of Art at the University of New Mexico Art Museum,[12] and the Art Gallery Fogelson Library Center at the College of Santa Fe.[13] Subversive Acts was an exhibition of mass media forms utilized by artists to present their sociological, environmental and political messages.[14][15][16] The video exhibition Tuning In, took place at the Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, and the Art Gallery of the College of Santa Fe.[17] Public performances included visual artist and country western singer, Terry Allen (artist),[18] performance artist and ecological activist Rachel Rosenthal, Paul Bob and performance poet, Larry Goodell.[19] Public lectures included Hans Haacke on art, economics and ethics, Jenny Holzer speaking on the power of public art interventions to change human consciousness, Steven Durland on the history of performance art, Craig Owens (critic) of Art in America Magazine speaking on the relationship between political art and the mass media.[6]

History edit

The concept for the project originated in 1984 with artists Duane Griffin, Patrick Clancy and Scott Portman who later joined with co-directors Eve Andree Laramee and Ann Zimmerman to found the project and organization. The Santa Fe Center for Contemporary Arts was the fiscal sponsor under 501c3 not-for-profit status. Bob Gaylor, then director of SFCCC and invited the team to be part of a think tank at St. John's College along with Steina and Woody Vasulka, Allan Kaprow, Carolee Schneemann, Edward T. Hall, Jerome Rothenberg. Empowered by this experience, a team of advisors were assembled. Gaylor served as a primary advisor throughout the project, along with Gordon Church of the City of Albuquerque Cultural Affairs Office. The Albuquerque Arts Alliance and the City of Albuquerque became the second fiscal sponsor, providing an office in the historical Kimo Theater on Route 66. Steina and Woody Vasulka introduced the organizers to Godfrey Reggio, director of the film Koyannisqatsi (1982) who provided guidance on organizing Social Sculpture events as public service announcements. Reggio, having been involved in numerous progressive political causes, took interest because his Institute for Regional Education had developed a multi-media campaign of PSA's for the American Civil Liberties Union on the invasion of privacy and use of technology to control behavior in 1972. The project was sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts, Albuquerque Arts Alliance, the Santa Fe Center for Contemporary Art, and the New Mexico Arts Division.[3] Grants were received from the National Endowment for the Arts in the InterArts and the Artist Forums categories and the New Mexico Arts Division.[6]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b Durland, Steven (1986). "'Subersive Acts: ART/MEDIA offer an alternative to the status quo in New Mexico'". High Performance Magazine (33): 35–37.
  2. ^ Artweek (February 1, 1986). "'Media: Subversion and Manipulation'". Artweek.
  3. ^ a b Clancy, Patrick; Widmer, Gwenn (January 1986). "'Front Pages, Frontier Living: Disappearing Space (Even in the West)'". Albuquerque Living Magazine.
  4. ^ Walton, Marcus (January 28, 1986). "'Art and the Media: An art project adopts techniques of the mass media'". Albuquerque Journal Magazine, Impact. 9 (15).
  5. ^ "'Beyond the Andrews (on Paul Bob)'". The Santa Fe Reporter. February 12, 1986.
  6. ^ a b c d "'ART/MEDIA Funded by National Endowment for the Arts and New Mexico Arts Division'". City Arts. November–December 1985.
  7. ^ Raether, Keith (February 1986). "'True Grit'". Albuquerque Tribune.
  8. ^ Durfee, Roy (March 1986). "'ART/MEDIA'". Southwest Art Magazine: 20–21.
  9. ^ Bradbury, Ellen (February 1986). "'Putting Art Where the Public Cannot Avoid It'". Albuquerque Journal.
  10. ^ Shields, Kathleen (January 19, 1986). "'Exhibit Harks Back to Conceptual Art'". Albuquerque Journal.
  11. ^ de Certeau, Michel (1984). The Practice of Everyday Life. Berkeley, California: University of California Press. ISBN 9780520271456.
  12. ^ Richardson, John (February 1986). "'Subversive Acts: Daring works overthrow traditional ideas of art'". Albuquerque Tribune.
  13. ^ "'New Tools of the Trade'". The Santa Fe Reporter. January 22, 1986.
  14. ^ Groves, Bob (January 5, 1986). "'Avant Garde Artists Subvert Media'". Albuquerque Journal.
  15. ^ "'Sign Language'". Route 66 (Dec 86/Jan 87): 35.
  16. ^ Lippard, Lucy R.Undermining: A Wild RIde in Words and Images through Land Use in the Changing West, The New Press. 2014 ISBN 1595586199
  17. ^ Clemmer, David J. (February 26, 1986). "'Art/Media project takes art to the masses'". New Mexico Daily Lobo.
  18. ^ Richardson, John (January 31, 1986). "'Good 'ol boy Terry Allen makes art out of everything'". Time Out: 6.
  19. ^ Morris, David (January 28, 1986). "ART/MEDIA Exhibits Political Art". New Mexico Daily Lobo.

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ART MEDIA was a social sculpture project in the form of series of socio political public art events that took place in 1986 in Albuquerque and Santa Fe New Mexico 1 This groundbreaking artist forum featured artworks presented to the public through the mass media in a series of artist designed billboards television radio and print media and in museum exhibitions a lecture series and performance art series 1 Through this extended format the artwork and ideas of contemporary artists were made accessible to a large public audience outside of the traditional art audience 2 Steina and Woody Vasulka who video documented ART MEDIA speaking in their studio on the role of art in contemporary society 1986 Jenny Holzer interviewed in New Mexico on artists working with the Mass Media 1986 Still from video by Steina amp Woody Vasulka used with permission Contents 1 Social sculpture and political art 2 Artists involved 3 Works in the mass media 4 Exhibitions lectures and performances 5 History 6 See also 7 ReferencesSocial sculpture and political art editART MEDIA operated as a museum without walls with an office located in the historical Kimo Theater on Route 66 3 National and locally known artists were commissioned to create socio political artwork presented through the mass media These works addressed critical issues of the time such as nuclear proliferation environmental degradation human rights animal rights and loss of privacy through technology The associated forum and events stimulated discourse between local communities and nationally known artists through hands on video workshops interviews lectures performances informal discussions and road trips 4 Inspired by the concept model of Joseph Beuys social sculpture that have the potential to transform society ART MEDIA was an extended artwork that included human interactions creating structures and systems within society using language thought objects events and actions 5 The project was documented by video artists Steina and Woody Vasulka who founded The Kitchen in New York City in 1971 6 Artists involved editArtists involved in ART MEDIA included Hans Haacke Jenny Holzer Rachel Rosenthal Terry Allen artist Paul Bob of Bob and Bob Church of the SubGenius Godfrey Reggio and the Institute for Regional Education Mohammed Jim 5X Jim Stuber Larry Goodell Violet Ray Bob Willis The Carcass Sisters Jean Paul Curtay Lousie Maffitt and Robert McDermott Patrick Clancy and Gwen Widmer Lee Connor Barbara Bock Manny Rettinger John P McCloskey Steven Durland of High Performance Magazine and the art critic historian Craig Owens critic 7 8 9 Works in the mass media editArtist designed billboards included a series of forty billboards by Jenny Holzer addressing Ronald Reagan s Strategic Defense Initiative and deployed a fleet of Holzer s Inflammatory Statements street posters Rachel Rosenthal designed a billboard dealing with animal rights for laboratory rats Paul Bob designed a series of billboards on the practice of everyday life 10 11 Artist designed print media projects included a color spread by Patrick Clancy and Gwen Widmer that recontextualized articles within Albuquerque Magazine Jenny Holzer produced a large print piece containing her inflammatory statements that was inserted into the Sunday edition of the Albuquerque Journal newspaper Paul Bob and Rosenthal produced projects in other statewide publications 6 Exhibitions lectures and performances editExhibitions included Subversive Acts Artists Working With The Media Politically at the New Mexico Museum of Art at the University of New Mexico Art Museum 12 and the Art Gallery Fogelson Library Center at the College of Santa Fe 13 Subversive Acts was an exhibition of mass media forms utilized by artists to present their sociological environmental and political messages 14 15 16 The video exhibition Tuning In took place at the Museum of Fine Arts Santa Fe and the Art Gallery of the College of Santa Fe 17 Public performances included visual artist and country western singer Terry Allen artist 18 performance artist and ecological activist Rachel Rosenthal Paul Bob and performance poet Larry Goodell 19 Public lectures included Hans Haacke on art economics and ethics Jenny Holzer speaking on the power of public art interventions to change human consciousness Steven Durland on the history of performance art Craig Owens critic of Art in America Magazine speaking on the relationship between political art and the mass media 6 History editThe concept for the project originated in 1984 with artists Duane Griffin Patrick Clancy and Scott Portman who later joined with co directors Eve Andree Laramee and Ann Zimmerman to found the project and organization The Santa Fe Center for Contemporary Arts was the fiscal sponsor under 501c3 not for profit status Bob Gaylor then director of SFCCC and invited the team to be part of a think tank at St John s College along with Steina and Woody Vasulka Allan Kaprow Carolee Schneemann Edward T Hall Jerome Rothenberg Empowered by this experience a team of advisors were assembled Gaylor served as a primary advisor throughout the project along with Gordon Church of the City of Albuquerque Cultural Affairs Office The Albuquerque Arts Alliance and the City of Albuquerque became the second fiscal sponsor providing an office in the historical Kimo Theater on Route 66 Steina and Woody Vasulka introduced the organizers to Godfrey Reggio director of the film Koyannisqatsi 1982 who provided guidance on organizing Social Sculpture events as public service announcements Reggio having been involved in numerous progressive political causes took interest because his Institute for Regional Education had developed a multi media campaign of PSA s for the American Civil Liberties Union on the invasion of privacy and use of technology to control behavior in 1972 The project was sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts Albuquerque Arts Alliance the Santa Fe Center for Contemporary Art and the New Mexico Arts Division 3 Grants were received from the National Endowment for the Arts in the InterArts and the Artist Forums categories and the New Mexico Arts Division 6 See also editConceptual art Ecofeminist art Environmental art Fine art Mass media New media art Performance art Political art Public art Social sculpture Visual artsReferences edit a b Durland Steven 1986 Subersive Acts ART MEDIA offer an alternative to the status quo in New Mexico High Performance Magazine 33 35 37 Artweek February 1 1986 Media Subversion and Manipulation Artweek a b Clancy Patrick Widmer Gwenn January 1986 Front Pages Frontier Living Disappearing Space Even in the West Albuquerque Living Magazine Walton Marcus January 28 1986 Art and the Media An art project adopts techniques of the mass media Albuquerque Journal Magazine Impact 9 15 Beyond the Andrews on Paul Bob The Santa Fe Reporter February 12 1986 a b c d ART MEDIA Funded by National Endowment for the Arts and New Mexico Arts Division City Arts November December 1985 Raether Keith February 1986 True Grit Albuquerque Tribune Durfee Roy March 1986 ART MEDIA Southwest Art Magazine 20 21 Bradbury Ellen February 1986 Putting Art Where the Public Cannot Avoid It Albuquerque Journal Shields Kathleen January 19 1986 Exhibit Harks Back to Conceptual Art Albuquerque Journal de Certeau Michel 1984 The Practice of Everyday Life Berkeley California University of California Press ISBN 9780520271456 Richardson John February 1986 Subversive Acts Daring works overthrow traditional ideas of art Albuquerque Tribune New Tools of the Trade The Santa Fe Reporter January 22 1986 Groves Bob January 5 1986 Avant Garde Artists Subvert Media Albuquerque Journal Sign Language Route 66 Dec 86 Jan 87 35 Lippard Lucy R Undermining A Wild RIde in Words and Images through Land Use in the Changing West The New Press 2014 ISBN 1595586199 Clemmer David J February 26 1986 Art Media project takes art to the masses New Mexico Daily Lobo Richardson John January 31 1986 Good ol boy Terry Allen makes art out of everything Time Out 6 Morris David January 28 1986 ART MEDIA Exhibits Political Art New Mexico Daily Lobo Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title ART MEDIA amp oldid 1183126781, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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