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, November 6, 2018

Project Draft

Project




 My area is around Lincoln center and while i was working on the subway project, I noticed how the MTA artwork was matching with the theme of Lincoln center and performing arts. I think it is a good idea to set up an installation inside of the Lincoln center area matching the theme of performing art. The major audience of this, hopefully are visitors of all ages. The project is aiming to celebrate Lincoln center and performing art. They look like interactive boxes. I have two drafts: one is on the left; the boxes are on the ground. On the left side, it is the second draft, in which the “boxses” are imbeded in the stairs. The installation is interactive so the visitors would be discovering it easily. The demographic of Lincoln center specifically are mostly visitors and audiences. So I hope this installation could be something entertaining to them, rather than relating to a completely different subject/event that’s hosted inside of the Lincoln center. This project is about Lincoln center and celebrating the performing arts. I found a project that also celebrating performing art; it was a hippo wearing tutu. However it didn’t find abstract installation under the same topic. Most of the sculptures that have been exhibited at Lincoln center was large in size and very visible. I think this project is relatively “humble” and doesn’t bother the pedestrian when the crowd is large. 
Theses boxes could be opened. If you step on them they will glow and the images that celebrating performing arts will show up. If you open them, there will be poetries in led light inside. So this project is not supposed to catch too much attention or make the traffic worse. I hope this is an installation that’s celebrating performing arts, Lincoln center, matching with the environment but also entertaining for the the visitors, and especially tourist or first-time visitors. There would be seasonal designs inside or outside of the box matching with the current events. Hopefully the designs are collaborated with current students in art and performing schools.
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