Integrated Art History

On Sunday we discussed perhaps having an integrated art history discussion/class. I have a few ideas.
-1) ongoing discussion on the page for the facebook group for The Dance Team, so that we could contribute whenever we stumble across a thing.
-2) tag things with thedanceteam on del.icio.us when you find them. (for those of you who do not yet use del.icio.us, we should talk)
-3) weekly meetings! besides being basically my favorite thing, doing things on a regular basis makes them at least 1,004,559 times more legit than not. We could organize it as a lecture series, where people could sign up to present, even if it ends up being the same few people each time, it would be cool. It might be cool to do this in a public space, such as a library if possible. I'll look into it.
-4) here is an example of everybody playing together from the 80's, when it was acceptable to chew gum and smoke a cigarette while playing basketball.

http://www.ubu.com/film/kitchen.html

- The television production Two Moon July was a multidisciplinary event that featured experimental video, film, visual art, performance and music in a theatrical framework. More than thirty artists participated in the program, which was produced for the Kitchen by Carlota Schoolman and directed by Tom Bowes. This production reflects a moment when art centers were experimenting with new modes of presenting the arts for television. The participating artists read like a "who's who" of 1980's downtown art icons. Short excerpts from video and film works (by artists including Vito Acconci, Dara Birnbaum, Bruce Connor and Bill Viola) are intercut with performances and art installations in the Kitchen's gallery spaces. Laurie Anderson performs Difficult Listening Hour, speaking through the male voice of hher "Soul Doctor" character; Talking Heads' front man David Byrne is featured in the performance piece Report from L.A.; choreographer and dancer Bill T. Jones performs Inspiration to the accompaniment of John and Evan Lurie's music. Art works by '80s art stars Cindy Sherman, Robert Longo and Jonathan Borofsky are integral to the mise en scene, while music by downtown legends Brian Eno, Philip Glass and Arto Lindsay, among others, provides a running soundtrack.

Meeting Minutes 8-17-08

THE DANCE TEAM minutes: AUGUST 17 2008

Location: Nadia's Apt.

Attendance:

Talia Kraft
Zoe Schwartz
Tess Dworman
Mike Fleming
Becky O'Connell
Al Fleming
Nadia Jassim
Shams Sharwani

1:40
Banana bread was served by Tess

1:45
Begin real shit

++Structure of the Organization++

-What is THE DANCE TEAM?:

-Mission Statement (we played the game where you go around in a circle and everyone adds one word at a time. it was a joke, but it turned out half alright so here it is):

-The Dance Team is a fun, awesome, creative collective of great caliber. It does everything. The conducive relationship between brain and artistic inquiry produces palpable experiences worthy of investigation. Team dynamics flush out ideas about synergy and possibilities of collaborative .

-Key Points:

DIY
Different Disciplines
Open Source Model
- Voting System, open proposals
FUN
Audience cross-breeding
Dye-a-log
academic relationships

++Bi-Weekly Meetings Would Be Nice++

++Workshops++

- Dance History
- Integrated Art History
- Teach a choreography workshop/comp class - TESS

++Classes++

- Comp Class
- History

++Fundraising++

- find space, money for da booze, spread the word [suggested donation]
- raffle, something fun, auction, merch
- P.R. dinner with the profs
- Research before setting a date
- dads
- Limited Addition

Weekend of rest thing 2nd or 3rd weekend in Oct.

++PR stuff++

-sticker/button/positive reinforcer
-T-Shirts
-slogos: "If one person messes up, everybody has to do push-ups"
"The interesting dance girls' interesting dance team"
"Take me to Michael Crichton"

(Google Calendar would make things easy)

++General Discussion:++

- ZOE and NADIA DINNER PARTY
- Becky game night
- Workshops

++ Documentation is a really good idea ++

++ SPACES for USES: ++

-The Park
-Art Institute
-Link's Hall
-The Streets
-We could do it on a boat
-We could do it on a plane
-Why don't we do it in the road
-Incubate
-Mess Hall
-Alogon
-DRK - KCPA - Independent Media Center (chambana)
-The Birdsnest/ The Water Cube
-Apartment
-BURBS!
-The Mansion
-Chicago Artist Resource

++Go through the grant process++

- Press Release for everything -
- Mingling is important -

++Apply to a bunch of festivals/residencies++

SportsART, sports performance
Host tournements/competitions

"Ask your dadmoms"
"Bring your dadmom to workshop"



++FOR NEXT TIME: Bring in an experiment, drafts of mission statement, proposals.++

The New Era

Today marks the beginning of a new era of The Dance Team. We met today in Nadia Jassim's downtown chicago apartment and made plans for the future. It is going to be awesome.