Rethinking Art as Social Practice
May 15-17, 2008
> > > > R E G I S T E R for the conference
The Show Starts on the Sidewalk:
See original call here
Filmmakers/ artists:
Danielle Adair: The Making of Americans
Perry Bard: Status: Stolen
Aya Ben Ron: Still under treatment
Julia Bradshaw: Can Art be Humble?
David Sanchez Burr: Unwound
Francisca Caporali, Laura Chipley & Pilar Ortiz: The Urban Homesteading Project
Ian Cheng: MoMa Audio Adventure club
Robert Ladislas Derr: Labor
Dubois/ Sifuentes: Fashionably late for the relationship
Angela Ellsworth: Hot Air: Keep Yourself Alive
Lisa Erdman: Annual Checkup: Pharmaceuticals for the 21st Century
Allan & Michael Fleming: Vertical Tactics
Dara Greenwald & Sarah Kanouse: What the Market Bares
Sonja Hinrichsen: Oil Spill
Cynthia Hooper: Bay Dredge
Sarah Klein: The Bread Project
Bryan Konefsky: You are Here
Steve Lambert: Light Criticism
Luci Liss, Misha Riley, Alex Torresz-Traver & Zoe Zimsky: That’s Hot!
Lilly McElroy: The Square
EE Miller & Samuael Topiary: Gum & Tea
The Mission Media Archive: Untitled
Kari Orvik: Mission Portrait Studio
Julie Perini: I’ll ask for lunch in reverse order while you try to figure out if the waiter cares
Monica Rodriguez: Para Ser Feliz
Dina Ropele: Practice makes Perfect
Second Front: 28 Avatars Later
Pilvi Takala– Easy Rider
Aislin Thomas: I Your Shoes: Exchanges II
Nick Tobier: Small cascade for a large city
Oakie Tradwell: Maggots and Men
Amy Westpfahl: The informational cookie project
Ayelet Zohar: Love it or Leave it
THANKS TO: the artists/filmmakers
Grant Wilson & Santa Cruz Guerilla Drive-In, Dina Ropele, Barbara Goldstein, Chris Esparza, Jennifer Worley, KFC Collective, Sarah Kennedy, Susan O'Malley, Whispered Media
The Show Starts on the Sidewalk features work that either documents public intervention or is an intervention in itself.
Screenings will take place in outdoor locations in public places in San Francisco, San Jose, and Santa Cruz. These films consider relational aesthetics, interventions, Situationist practices, Fluxus style events and explore the followings concepts:
Intervention: An action undertaken in order to change what is happening or might happen in another’s affairs, especially in order to prevent something undesirable In·ter·rupt (v) 1.To halt the flow of a speaker or of a speaker’s utterance with a question or remark. 2. To disturb somebody who is busy doing something, causing him or her to stop. 3. To cause a break in the flow of something or put a temporary stop to something. 4. To discontinue doing something temporarily. 5. To obstruct or block a view In·ter·fer·ence (n) 1. Involvement in something without any invitation or justification. 2. Hindrance or obstruction that prevents a natural or desired outcome. 3. An unwanted signal that disrupts radio, telephone, or television reception. In·tru·sion (n)1. A disturbing of somebody’s peace or privacy by an unwelcome arrival or presence. 2. An unwelcome presence or effect that disturbs or upsets something. In·volv·ing (adj) Holding the attention. Alternatively, you can Bring Your Own Definition!
Curated and produced by Nomi Talisman and Bill Basquin
Santa Cruz May 14, 2008, 9:30 PM Cedar @ Locust St, Downtown Santa Cruz
• Danielle Adair: The Making of Americans
• Perry Bard: Status: Stolen
• Aya Ben Ron: Still under treatment
• David Sanchez Burr: Unwound
• Francisca Caporali, Laura Chipley & Pilar Ortiz: The Urban Homesteading Project
• Dubois/ Sifuentes: Fashionably late for the relationship
• Angela Ellsworth: Hot Air: Keep Yourself Alive
• Steve Lambert: Light Criticism
• Lilly McElroy: The Square - after Roberto Lopardo
• Julie Perini: I’ll ask for lunch in reverse order while you try to figure out if the waiter cares
• Monica Rodriguez: Para Ser Feliz
• Dina Ropele: Practice makes Perfect
• Second Front: 28 Avatars Later
• Pilvi Takala: Easy Rider
• Oakie Tradwell: Maggots and Men
San Francisco May 10, 2008 , 8:30 PM Florida @ 16 St. Mission, San Francisco.
• Robert Ladislas Derr: Labor
• Escauriza, Greenwald, Jenkins, MacPhee, Scarfone, & Tramell: United Victorian Workers
• Dara Greenwald & Sarah Kanouse: What the Market Bares
• Sonja Hinrichsen: Oil Spill
• Cynthia Hooper: Bay Dredge
• Lilly McElroy: The Square - after Roberto Lopardo
• Kari Orvik: Mission Portrait Studio
• Monica Rodriguez: Para Ser Feliz
• Dina Ropele: How I learned to Love Myself
• Aislinn Thomas: In Your Shoes: Exchanges II
• Nick Tobier: Small cascade for a large city
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