Monday, August 18, 2008

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.

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