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 20, 2018

Project Statement

The project is about Lincoln Center. While I was working on the subway project, I noticed the MTA art was dedicated to Lincoln Center and the subject was celebrating performing arts. So for this project, my attention was caught by Lincoln Center, a landmark in Manhattan that marks the city’s appreciation for performing arts and artists. For this project, I started with the idea of interactive art. I want this public narrative to be interactive so that people would participate in enjoying and celebrating performing arts. Since Lincoln Cetner is a public space with crowds and visitors constantly passing by, the project should be aware of the demographic information of the area as well as the audience it is targeting.
One important consideration is to arrange the space for this project. Since it is an interactive project in a public space where people would passing by constatly, it is important that the project would not cause traffic or danger for visitors. On the other hand, I hope this project could caught attention since it is about celebrating performing art and interact with the audience. It would be a better idea to install this project in an obvious place. My proposal is to embed this project into the stairs. In this way, passengers could just walk and still interact with the project by stepping on it, on their way entering.
The project itself aiming to interact with the audience. It is inspired by the mixing table with blocks. However, instead of blocks, the project interact with the steps people take in different areas. When different areas are stepped upon there will be music coming out. The volume shouldn’t be louder than the voice of chatting. It should be subtle but audible. It is safe for the passengers. The major audiences would be passengers or visitors.

I have an example for this project, which reflects on the My Fair Lady show playing in the Lincoln center. The left and right tracks represent different part of the stairs. When they are stepped upon, the tracks would play. They could be play separately but this is the demo of them playing together.



notes:all stairs would be embedded like the purple and red ones. 


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