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 .

Wednesday, December 5, 2018

Final Project

El Sótano Art Space:

For my final project, I decided to consider and further my exploration and work for my own artist-run space in Brooklyn that I co-direct with two other people. The space opened in September 2018. This is a personal project, completely independent from the university and my educational career but I have used my time and resources at this school to further the project by taking classes such as this one to be able to expand my understanding and scope of alternative art space direction.

Please follow the links below to different aspects of this project.


Link to presentation:
 https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/12hHC1wujHD4CtdC1FNq1eYbq9OSX1ti2y1o3SvfKZzg/edit?usp=sharing

Link to essay/statement:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xbrhRfKrQ4ZVHO9LTED9z_lE13-gSirV7UynqSbbUe8/edit?usp=sharing

Link to website:
https://elsotanoartspace.com/

Link to Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/elsotanoartspace/

Link to online catalog of Crossings Exhibition:
https://indd.adobe.com/view/68dc5d43-6b4b-450f-84be-5298492226f4

In addition to what you see here, we will have a 360 video of the exhibition up on the website next week to give access to a virtual experience of the exhibition for those who cannot attend for whatever reason. We will also have access to the videos and sound piece that were in the exhibit. 


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