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INDEPENDENT CURATORS INTERNATIONAL FALL/WINTER 2010/11 PROGRAM INDE PEN DENT THINK ING TABLE OF CONTENTS ICI EXHIBITIONS Exhibitions in a Box 4 Raymond Pettibon: The Punk Years, 1978–86 5 Harald Szeemann: Documenta 5 6 People’s Biennial 8 Martha Wilson 10 Image Transfer: Pictures in a Remix Culture 12 Create! 14 Art Moves: Performance 1960 to 2010 17 Project 35 24 FAX 26 Mixed Signals: Artists Consider Masculinity in Sports 30 Experimental Geography 32 The Storyteller 36 Booking Info 48 ICI 35 YEARS OF COLLABORATION Harald Szeemann 7 Matthew Higgs 16 Lucy Lippard 21 Maria Lind 40 ICI NETWORKS Curator’s Perspective 18 DISPATCH 20 Curatorial Intensive 38 Curator’s Network 41 Join Us 44 Access ICI 45 Access Artists 46 ICI CELEBRATING 35 YEARS Access Brazil 22 Video Art USA 23 ICI Awards 42 New Collaboration with John Baldessari 49 Editor: Kate Fowle Designer: Scott Ponik Copy Editor: Leigh Markopoulos Printing: Linco Printing, Queens, NY Big thanks to: John Baldessari, Greg Barton, Zoe Butt, Wilson Duggan, Özge Ersoy, Susan Hapgood, David Harvey, Maria Lind, Lucy Lippard, Pilar Pertusa, Ann Sievers, Adriel Saporta, Erica Udow, Ivana Vaseva © 2010 Independent Curators International (ICI), and the authors. Reproduction rights: You are free to copy, display, and distribute the contents of this publication under the following conditions: You must attribute the work or any portion of the work repro- duced to the author, and ICI, giving the article and publication title and date. If you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you may distribute the resulting work only under a license identical to this one, and only if it is stated that the work has been altered and in what way. For any reuse or distribution you must make clear to others the license terms of this work. You must inform the copyright holder and editor of any reproduc- tion, display, or distribution of any part of this publication. To receive a downloadable pdf version of this publication, or more copies by mail contact Michelle Jubin, Communications Administrator: [email protected] INDEPENDENT CURATORS INTERNATIONAL WELCOME Welcome to the Independent experiences. Through online forums and the formation Curators International ‘new look’ of partnerships with arts organizations worldwide we’ve Fall/Winter program, which gives instigated talks, conferences, publications, curatorial you all the news and information on training, and professional networking opportunities that our latest exhibitions, talks, events, enable people to gain access to current thinking from studio visits, and training programs, places that are not always on the radar. Our itinerant as well as insight into some of the series, the Curator’s Perspective, has featured practi- past projects and collaborations tioners from Istanbul, Copenhagen, São Paulo, Quito, that have created the foundation on Tel Aviv, Lagos, and Vietnam, while our new bi-monthly which the organization is built. online journal DISPATCH has hosted guest editors from Mexico City, Ho Chi Minh City, and San Francisco, with Founded in 1975, ICI has produced 121 exhibitions and issues from Mumbai and Berlin forthcoming. We’ve also numerous publications, profiling the work of more than instigated short-course training programs — the first of 3,700 artists and working with 595 museums, univer- their kind in the world — which bring emerging curators sity art galleries, and art centers in 48 states and 31 together to learn from some of the leading professionals countries worldwide. In 2010 we are building on this in the field today. Participants have come from Belgium, legacy and diversifying our programming so that we can Canada, Egypt, Singapore, South Africa, and 8 states broaden our network of institutions and individuals and across the U.S. ensuring that the first Curatorial Intensive increase the ways that audiences can gain access to was not only a hot-bed for heated exchange, but also international developments in art practice. highlighted how ICI is now facilitating the crucial devel- opment of new networks between future generations of In the past year we’ve complimented the existing exhibi- curators. tion program with new projects that introduce different curatorial models to reflect the evolving interests of Reflecting all these new initiatives at ICI, and in celebra- artists, curators, and venues. Flexible, modular, and col- tion of our 35th Anniversary, this publication marks the laborative in nature, the new initiatives enable organiza- launch of our new graphic created by John Baldessari, tions to tailor shows to their specific local contexts, while who succinctly visualizes the way that curators are also increasing opportunities for a truly global line-up of central to the mission of the organization through their artists and curators to participate in the development of independent thinking and international networks. exhibitions. Take a look at the new Exhibitions in a Box series, Project 35, FAX, Martha Wilson, and People’s And finally, it is with sadness that we dedicate this Biennial and you’ll see the variety of ways in which we’ve current program to Gerrit Lansing, ICI’s long-time been establishing new frameworks. Also check out the Chairman and friend, who passed away this summer. newest shows we are co-producing — Image Transfer: His unswerving belief and support of ICI’s programming, Pictures in a Remix Culture and Create! — very differ- as well as his wise and insightful leadership spurred the ent, but timely projects curated by smart people who are organization into understanding its past and building continuously looking at art and talking to artists so as its present program. In turn, we hope that you will be to make sure their exhibitions are relevant to the issues inspired to engage and collaborate with us in the coming that are prevalent today. For the first time, we are also months and years. featuring the early outline of a ground-breaking show exploring the potential for exhibiting performance, which is instigated by Performa director RoseLee Goldberg. We are currently looking for venues to collaborate with us on the development of this project, so let us know if you want to participate. (See page 17.) Recognizing that exhibitions aren’t the only way to Executive Director discover what’s going on around the world we’ve Independent Curators International also developed a new series of programs that provide a platform for curators to share their research and INDEPENDENT CURATORS INTERNATIONAL ICI FALL /WINTER 2010/11 THE CURATOR’S PERSPECTIVE EXHIBITIONS An itinerant public discussion series in which interna- Developed by enquiring curators and artists from tional curators share their research and experiences, around the world, ICI’s exhibitions address key issues in including the artists they are excited by, exhibitions that contemporary culture and present diverse art practices have made them think, and their views on recent devel- in a variety of formats. opments in the art world. All events are free and open to the public. FAX Dowd Gallery, State University of New York Monday, October 25, 7–9pm Cortland, New York Virginija Januskeviciute (Lithuania), New York University October 7–December 10, 2010 Tuesday, November 9, 7–9pm New Galerie Glenn Phillips (Los Angeles), The Kitchen, NYC Paris, France November 6–December 18, 2010 Sunday, December 12. 4–6pm Weng Choy Lee (Singapore), New Museum, NYC Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts Cambridge, Massachusetts Thursday-Saturday, December 2–5 from 12pm daily February 7–April 3, 2011 NADA Miami: exclusive tours of the fair led by interna- tional curators, Deauville Beach Resort, Miami Apex Gallery, South Dakota School of Mines For more information and to RSVP contact Chelsea Haines at and Technology 212.254.8200 x26 or [email protected]. Rapid City, South Dakota February 15-April 3, 2011 THE CURATORIAL INTENSIVE PEOPLE’S BIENNIAL Portland Institute for Contemporary Art Short-course professional training for curators. Portland, Oregon September 10–October 17, 2010 The Curatorial Intensive: International Research Wednesday-Thursday, October 13-14; December 8-9; Dahl Arts Center January 26–27 Rapid City, South Dakota Various Locations, Philadelphia, PA January 14–March 27, 2011 The Curatorial Intensive: Curating in the Public Realm THE STORYTELLER (film series version) Sunday-Saturday, October 24-31 Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Various Locations, New York, NY Madrid, Spain September 13–26, 2010 The Curatorial Intensive Symposium Monday, November 1, 10–6pm (free and open to the public) 16 Beaver St, New York, NY EXPERIMENTAL GEOGRAPHY Museum London Wednesday-Friday, December 14-16 Ontario, Canada The Curatorial Intensive: What is curating? October 9, 2010–January 2, 2011 Mohile Parikh Center, Mumbai, India The Foreman Art Gallery, Bishop’s University Participation in the Curatorial Intensive is based on competitive selec- Sherbrooke, Canada tion, apart from the Curatorial Intensive Symposium, which is free and January 21–April 1, 2011 open to the public. For more information and to apply contact Chelsea Haines at 212.254.8200 x26 or [email protected]. 2 ICI FALL /WINTER 2010/11 IMAGE TRANSFER: PICTURES IN NEW YORK STUDIO EVENTS A REMIX CULTURE Henry Art Gallery Tuesday, September 21 Seattle, Washington Olaf Breuning October 2, 2010–January 23, 2011 Wednesday, September 29 Marina Abramovic RAYMOND PETTIBON: THE PUNK YEARS 1978–86 Tuesday, December 14 University Galleries at Florida Atlantic University Lawrence Weiner Boca Raton, Florida November 13, 2010–January 22, 2011 Wednesday, October 27 Dinner with Nancy Spector, Guggenheim Deputy Director PROJECT 35 & Chief Curator Saint Joseph College Art Gallery, Connecticut; The New York Studio Events are exclusive visits for ICI Supporters. For The Galleries at Moore College of Art and Design, more information and tickets contact Bridget Finn at 212.254.8200 x24 Philadelphia; Press to Exit Project Space, Skopje, or fi[email protected]. Macedonia; San Art, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Washington Pavilion of Arts and Science, South Dakota; Göteborgs Konsthall, Sweden; William Benton Museum SPECIAL EVENTS of Art, University of Connecticut; New Orleans Museum of Art, Louisiana.
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