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The Art of the University of Washington
The Art of the University of Washington Adam Knott, Bobby Miller, Chris Gillette The Art of The University of Washington Adam Knott Bobby Miller Chris Gillette Problem statement Plus, some of the public pieces are truly While walking around the University of visionary, bringing impressive artistry to Washington Campus we noticed that there life.More eyes need to see these works. The were some art pieces scattered here and reason that people do not know about these there. It led us to think, are there more? pieces of incredible art around campus is Who created these pieces, and why don't we because the University does little to make know more about them? A quick jaunt people know they are there. There is a low around campus revealed a few more resolution map that provides pixelated sculptures and art pieces, however, it was pictures of some art pieces and their location only the tip of the iceberg. We spent hours on campus, however, the map is hidden trekking across campus searching for within the University Website, and is not different pieces of art, and we still haven't easily accessible. A better compilation of found all of them. People don't realize how these works needs to be created so that more much art is scattered around the university people can see and experience the lesser campus. Some of the best works are hidden known pieces of art at the University of away in strange and labyrinthian parts of Washington. the campus, only to be discovered by . accident. Since the University of Washington pays for all of its art, we felt like students needed to know about them since the art pieces are basically funded by the student body. -
JODY PINTO SELECTIONS Jumbie Camp
Y E A R I N R E V I E W 2008 American Evolution: Arts in the New Civic Life SLIDE SET SCRIPT © 2001 Americans for the Arts JODY PINTO SELECTIONS Jumbie Camp Laura Anderson Barbata/mx-lab Location: 23 rd Street, Brooklyn, New York & 24 th Street between 10 th and 11 th Avenue, Chelsea, New York Completed: August 21 – September 29, 2007 (street performance on September 1 &15, 2007) Agency: Galeria Ramis Barquet Collaborators: The Brooklyn Jumbies Materials: Recycled materials such as: cardboard, paper, assorted textiles, aluminum, paint, used sneakers, hand-made wooden stilts, natural fibers, seeds, feathers, mirrors and assorted decorative elements Photographers: Stefan Hagen; Frank Veronsky Budget: $35,000 Description: Laura Anderson Barbata has been working in the social realm since 1992. In 2002 she began working with Moko Jumbies - still walkers - from Dragon Keylemanjahro School of Arts and Culture in Trinidad, a community center completely operated through volunteer participation from residents of the neighborhood. The project focuses on providing free of charge extracurricular activities to youth of a low-income area, as well as reviving the art and tradition of West African stilt walking. Through artistic interventions during special events, carnival competitions, workshops and outreach programs, the project aims to reinforce social ideals such as healthy life choices and respect for cultural heritage. Jumbie Camp follows the same concepts as above with the Brooklyn Jumbies and takes place in two burrows of New York with very different demographics. Jumbie Camp set up in Galeria Ramis Barquet in Chelsea, where the gallery was transformed into a workshop and rehearsal space where costumes and masks were created to provide costumes free of charge for the Brooklyn Jumbies’ presentations. -
The Animate Object of Kinetic Art, 1955-1968
University of Pennsylvania ScholarlyCommons Publicly Accessible Penn Dissertations 2017 The Animate Object Of Kinetic Art, 1955-1968 Marina C. Isgro University of Pennsylvania, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://repository.upenn.edu/edissertations Part of the History of Art, Architecture, and Archaeology Commons Recommended Citation Isgro, Marina C., "The Animate Object Of Kinetic Art, 1955-1968" (2017). Publicly Accessible Penn Dissertations. 2353. https://repository.upenn.edu/edissertations/2353 This paper is posted at ScholarlyCommons. https://repository.upenn.edu/edissertations/2353 For more information, please contact [email protected]. The Animate Object Of Kinetic Art, 1955-1968 Abstract This dissertation examines the development of kinetic art—a genre comprising motorized, manipulable, and otherwise transformable objects—in Europe and the United States from 1955 to 1968. Despite kinetic art’s popularity in its moment, existing scholarly narratives often treat the movement as a positivist affirmation of postwar technology or an art of mere entertainment. This dissertation is the first comprehensive scholarly project to resituate the movement within the history of performance and “live” art forms, by looking closely at how artists created objects that behaved in complex, often unpredictable ways in real time. It argues that the critical debates concerning agency and intention that surrounded moving artworks should be understood within broader aesthetic and social concerns in the postwar period—from artists’ attempts to grapple with the legacy of modernist abstraction, to popular attitudes toward the rise of automated labor and cybernetics. It further draws from contemporaneous phenomenological discourses to consider the ways kinetic artworks modulated viewers’ experiences of artistic duration. -
Seattle Public Library Inside Entrance at Seventh Ave
Seattle: a center for And there’s more art out there. The city’s collection encompasses more than 400 permanent public artworks throughout Seattle, and Seattle innovation and creativity. across King County there are more than 300 permanent works from the county’s collection. Stroll through downtown Seattle and you will see proof of city’s MAP ingenuity in public art. Artworks located on plazas and in streetscapes, This map is divided into 10 areas: Seattle Center, South Lake Public Art parks, and civic and corporate buildings enrich Seattle’s urban Union, the Waterfront, Belltown, Denny Triangle, Pike Place landscape. This guide features over 200 artworks in downtown Seattle Market, Central Business District, Pioneer Square, Chinatown/ from the collections of the city of Seattle, King County (administered International District and SoDo. Enjoy your exploration of our city Your guide to public art in downtown Seattle by 4Culture), and other select organizations. through the lens of art. Seattle’s public art program integrates artworks and the ideas of artists into public settings. Established in 1973, the public art ordinance specifies that one percent of eligible city capital improvement project funds be set aside for the commission, purchase and installation of artworks, enriching the public experience and giving voice to artists. Established by ordinance in 1973, Public Art 4Culture commissions contemporary art for shared public space in King County, ensuring that King County buildings, public places and infrastructure include the work and thinking of artists. 4Culture maintains King County’s public art collection, which helps define county buildings as cultural spaces. ON THE COVER Alexander Liberman’s Olympic Iliad (see page 4 for description). -
Seattle Public Library Inside Entrance at Seventh Avenue Central Library, 1000 Fourth Ave
Seattle: a center for And there’s more art out there. The city’s collection encompasses more than 400 permanent public artworks throughout Seattle, and Seattle innovation and creativity. across King County there are more than 300 permanent works from the county’s collection. Stroll through downtown Seattle and you will see proof of the MAP city’s ingenuity in the public art. Artworks located on plazas and This map is divided into 10 areas: Seattle Center, South Lake Public Art in streetscapes, parks, and civic and corporate buildings enrich Union, the Waterfront, Belltown, Denny Triangle, Pike Place Seattle’s urban landscape. This guide features nearly 200 artworks Market, Central Business District, Pioneer Square, Chinatown/ in downtown Seattle from the collections of the city of Seattle, King International District and SoDo. Enjoy your exploration of our city Your guide to public art in downtown Seattle County (administered by 4Culture), and other select organizations. through the lens of art. Seattle’s public art program integrates artworks and the ideas of artists into public settings. Established in 1973, the public art ordinance specifies that one percent of eligible city capital improvement project funds be set aside for the commission, purchase and installation of artworks, enriching the public experience and giving voice to artists. Established by ordinance in 1973, Public Art 4Culture commissions contemporary art for shared public space in King County, ensuring that King County buildings, public places and infrastructure include the work and thinking of artists. 4Culture maintains King County’s public art collection, which helps define county buildings as cultural spaces.