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PILVI TAKALA
The Trainee: http://www.pilvitakala.com/thetrainee01.html “The Trainee has been produced in a collaboration with Deloitte and Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art. In order to realize the project, the artist was working for a month as a trainee “Johanna Takala” in the marketing … Continue reading
Posted in FOURTH YEAR
Tagged authority, garnet Hill, glasgow, performance, public, social rules
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MIERLE LADERMAN UKELES: MAINTENANCE ART WORKS 1969–1980
“The work of Mierle Laderman Ukeles (born 1939 in Denver, USA) concerns the everyday routines of life. In 1969, following the birth of her first child, Ukeles wrote her “Manifesto for Maintenance Art” as a challenge to the oppositions between … Continue reading
The Roof is on Fire
“Suzanne Lacy’s career as an artist, educator, and activist spans multiple decades and major movements in contemporary art history (Feminist Art, New Genre Public Art [a phrase coined by the artist], and, more recently, Social Practice). It offers one of … Continue reading
Christoph Schlingensief – PLEASE LOVE AUSTRIA – FIRST AUSTRIAN COALITION WEEK
Thank you Tess for telling me about this work. Picture from the performance “Please love Austria” (Image: Baltzer) “Amid intense public interest, twelve participants introduced by Schlingensief as asylum-seekers spend one week in a cordoned-off, CCTVed shipping container complex … Continue reading
Funambulism
Philippe Petit, New York, on 7 August 1974 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tightrope_walking – Acrobats maintain their balance by positioning their centre of mass directly over their base of support, i.e. shifting most of their weight over their legs, arms or whatever part of their body they are … Continue reading
Posted in Third Year
Tagged architecture, balance, body, gravity, performance, risk, wire
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Transmitted Live: Nam June Paik Resounds
“No other artist has had a greater influence on the use of technology in art than Nam June Paik. At a time when television was still a novelty, Paik foresaw the future popularity of this new and exciting medium, and … Continue reading
Austerity Cafe
I have never met a person so consistently engaged with other people. His boundless energy and enthusiasm to converse with anyone is constant and shows a commitment to the community of the department, the school and of course the wider … Continue reading
Everyones a Winner Baby
http://everyonesawinnerbaby.tumblr.com I experienced this on Saturday, in the street, very unexpectedly I became a winner for a few moments and it was great. The enthusiasm and excitement of the everyones a winner baby team was contagious and this ensured everyone … Continue reading
Anthony Schrag – What use is a father?
Anthony Schrag A Perfect Father Day? Fathers are not biological necessities, but social accidents Margaret Mead What use is a father today? Anthony Schrag is a Canadian artist based in Edinburgh who stayed with us in the summer of 2011 … Continue reading
Relation in Space (1976)
image from: http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/photographs/marina-abramovic-ulay-relation-in-space-5428426-details.aspx “Our first performance, Relation in Space, took place at the Venice Biennale in 1976: two bodies running for one hour to each other, like two planets, and mixing male and female energy together into a third component we … Continue reading
Posted in Second year term TWO - Environmental
Tagged body, communication, movement, performance, space
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