Rethinking Art as Social Practice
May 15-17, 2008
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Talks
Each morning of the conference will be organized around one of the following themes, these themes will also be reflected in the interventions exhibitions. Each afternoon, performance events will follow creative lunches.
Day 1: Interruption of Hierarchies: the academy and the gallery
How do the academy and the gallery impact interventionist art practices?
Low Footprint 1: performance art and intervention actions
Day 2: Art and Life: Life and Art
An examination of the role of art in creating community
Low Footprint 2: performance art and intervention actions
Day 3: Subversive Complicity: community, protest and resistance
Exploring the artist’s role as critic in global capitalism and local politics
Green Wedding Number Four: an experiment in collaborative love ecology
Affiliated talks and public events:
VPS seminar on May 14, 2008
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