Course Description

This course will investigate the ways in which artists have presented narratives in the public realm and the organizations that have made the presentation of those works central to their curatorial practices over the last 40 years. Focusing on recent works presented in New York’s public spaces by Creative Time, The Public Art Fund, the Percent for Art Program, Arts for Transit and other non-profits organizations, this course will look at what it meant to tell stories and open discourses that challenged or interrogated widely-held value systems, the events and the politics of their time. In addition to the specifics of current and other key works and projects, we will discuss the conditions that governed the development of public performance, temporary and permanent installations, the ways in which those works were influenced by public approval processes and governmental agencies, media coverage and community response. Each student’s final project will be an on-line proposal for an exhibition that conveys a “narrative“ developed in the context of this course, referencing other relevant works .

Tuesday, October 2, 2018

Public Narrative (for Oct 2)

As per my previous public narrative post regarding the Kavanaugh hearings, I am still preoccupied with that situation and the outpouring of encouragement from women and decent men across America both in support of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and in support of everyone voting in the upcoming midterm elections. I've seen more celebrities than ever constantly encouraging their fans through social media to vote.

Another narrative I am aware of is the extremely warm weather still apparent in October, along with a slew of tropical storms hitting all over the world. All this is clearly a result of climate change, another fact our US government doesn't mind ignoring. This is yet another reason why people are being told to vote. Not only to help women and victims of sexual assault, but to save the only planet we are able to call home



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Week of Oct 2-8



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Celebrities have been sharing this screenshot across social media encouraging
people to register to vote before their state deadlines
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