Thursday, August 31, 2006

What to Bring (Tues Sept 19)

photo doc: VISUALEYEZ Performance/Time Based Arts Festival, Edmonton, Alberta 2006


THINGS I WOULD LIKE STUDENTS TO BRING ON TUESDAY September 19th

apron
tea towel
1 or 2 potholder(s) and/or 1 or 2 oven mitten(s)
2 small plates (for serving bread)
cameras -- still/video/cellphone cameras



With deepest respect, hope and enthusiasm,
Margaret xoxoxo

SCHEDULE - subject to change/check with professors

RISING
Tues Sept 19 (9:00 am - 12:30 pm)(breadmaking/installation/performance/workshop)
Amelia Douglas Gallery

photo by R. Cain


DECONSTRUCTED DOLLHOUSE
(workshop) Wed Sept 20 (10:00 am - 1:00 pm)
based on Ibsen's classic text; Studio Theatre

M.DRAGU's MUSEUM (performative/lecture) Thurs Sept 21 (1:00 pm - 2:00 pm; Performing Arts Theatre

BEYOND THE BLACK BOX & PAST THE WHITE SHRINE
(artist talk: art-making in non-theatre/gallery settings)
Fri Sept 22 (noon - 1:00 pm); Room 3345

Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Barr's Original Schematic (Art History Part B)



This schematic is from the jacket cover of the first edition of Cubism and Abstract Art, written by Barr, Alfred H., MOMA 1936. He was an influential American art historian, b. Detroit, taught art history at several colleges and was the first director of the Museum of Modern Art, New York City. He organized more than 100 museum exhibitions and wrote a number of standard art history texts. These include Cubism and Abstract Art (1936); Picasso (1946); Matisse (1951).

Tuesday, August 29, 2006

(Performance Art) Histories Part A

Although performance art sounds new it has a long history. Bruce Barber (artist, writer, curator currently teaching at NSCAD in Halifax) illustrates a version of this history below with his "detournement" (subversive update) from original map by Alfred H.Barr printed on the jacket (orig. edition) of Barr's classic text "Cubism and Abstract Art", MOMA 1936.