Public Events
NOT FOR SALE is an ongoing public education series presented with the Steinhardt School at New York University which features artists, authors, and critics discussing the current issues in performance and new media, and the related task of writing about art and artists whose work encompasses several disciplines at once. Previous panel topics have included ‘Curating, Conserving, and Collecting Ephemeral Art,’ ‘New Media and Sound,’ and ‘Artists’ View.’ NOT FOR SALE podcasts and audio recordings are courtesy of WPS1 Art Radio.
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NOT FOR SALE: new media and sound
NOT FOR SALE: artist views
READ ABOUT PAST NOT FOR SALE EVENTS:
NOT FOR SALE: Forever Radical? (4/12/07)
NOT FOR SALE: We Are Still Appalled (4/28/06)
NOT FOR SALE: Writing About Artists and New Media (11/3/05)
NOT FOR SALE: New Media and Sound (4/21/05)
NOT FOR SALE: Artists’ View (3/31/05)
Copyright David Esquida Diaz
NOT FOR SALE: Forever Radical?
A Panel Discussion Moderated by Art Historian and Critic RoseLee Goldberg featuring Laura Hoptman; Senior Curator of the New Museum of Contemporary Art,
Greil Marcus; Author and Cultural Critic,Adam Pendleton; Artist,Emily Sundblad; Artist and Co-Director and Reena Spauldings Fine Arts.
April 12 2007, 6:30 ‘ 8 pm.
Reception to follow.
Einstein Auditorium, New York University
34 Stuyvesant Street, NYC
between 2nd & 3rd Avenues at 9th Street
NOT FOR SALE: Forever Radical? will explore the meaning of the term ‘radical,’ especially as it has been used in the past to describe live action by artists. Critical, disruptive, anarchic, and metaphorical, for decades performance was considered the battering ram of protest against the legitimizing power of the institution. How do artists today give shape to radical notions in their work? What impact do those ideas have on the landscape of performance and visual arts today? As more and more museums, galleries, and art fairs add performance to their programs, can this material still carry the provocative edge of its precedents? A panel of artists, writers, and curators will discuss whether the term ‘radical’ still holds today, in the art world and in the broader social and political sphere.
THE NYU STEINHARDT DEPARTMENT OF ART AND ARTS PROFESSIONS
The NYU Steinhardt Department of Art and Art Professions is a work in progress, bringing exceptional students together with internationally renowned artists, critics, educators, and art professionals in a shared exploration of the issues, forms, and ideas, which continually redefine contemporary art.
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Copyright Paula Court
NOT FOR SALE: We Are Still Appalled
We Are Still Appalled addresses performance that transgresses societal taboos and challenges the category of art.
A Panel Discussion Moderated by Art Historian and Critic RoseLee Goldberg featuring curator Jennifer Blessing, critic C. Carr, Professor Susan Jarosi, French artist Orlan.
April 28 2006, 6 ‘ 8 pm.
Reception to follow.
Einstein Auditorium, New York University
34 Stuyvesant Street, NYC
between 2nd & 3rd Avenues at 9th Street
We Are Still Appalled investigates a performance art trajectory that began with the blood soaked spectacles of the Vienna Actionists and continues with the bleeding runway promenades of Franko B. By exploring the Vienna Actionists, Gina Pane, and Marina Abramovic, amongst other artists utilizing extreme body practices, the symposium provides art historical context for contemporary artists working in this radical manner, while exploring the societal norms that provoke such actions. Further, We Are Still Appalled looks at the complexities of examining this work within curatorial and academic practices.
We Are Still Appalled will inaugurate Where Art and Life Collide: Ron Athey and Vaginal Davis, a week long series of events. Where Art and Life Collide will feature live performances by Ron Athey and Vaginal Davis, at Artists Space and Siberia respectively and will conclude on May 5, with a panel including the artists and moderated by Jose Munoz, and scholar Jennifer Doyle. Professors Arnold Grossman and Robert Landy will respond. Where Art and Life Collide is arranged by Nancy Barton, Chair of Art and Art Professions in the Steinhardt School of Education at New York University, MFA candidate, Jonathan Berger, and Jose Munoz, Chair of Performance Studies in the Tisch School of the Arts at NYU, in collaboration with the Department of Applied Psychology, Drama Therapy, Art Therapy, and Educational Theater. Please refer to www.artofnightlife.com for information regarding all events for Where Art and Life Collide. We Are Still Appalled is free and open to the public. The panel will be followed by a reception with delectables generously donated by the Sullivan Street Bakery.
Copyright Paula Court
NOT FOR SALE: Writing About Performance and New Media
Curators, Critics and Writers Discuss the Art of Writing about Performance and New Media.
November 12 2005, 1:15′5:00 pm.
Reception to follow.
Former Bottomline/ Yalincak Family Foundation Auditorium
New York University,
19 West 4th Street, , NYC
Writing on Performance and New Media, in conjunction with New York University, Steinhardt School of Education, Department of Art and Art Professions, and as part of PERFORMA05, the first biennial of new visual art performance in New York City. The event is free and open to the public, and will take place at New York University.
NOT FOR SALE: Writing on Performance and New Media is a dynamic continuation of the discussion on performance and its relationship to the museum, gallery, and collector. The two-part symposium comprised of a distinguished panel of critics and curators will offer an in-depth view of contemporary developments in writings on ephemeral works of art that encompass several creative disciplines.
SESSION I: Curating (and Writing on) Performance in the 21st Century
1:30′3:00 pm
A Panel Discussion Moderated by Cay Sophie Rabinowitz; Senior Editor at Parkett, featuring Anthony Huberman; curator at the SculptureCenter, Bennett Simpson; Associate Curator ICA Boston and Catherine Wood ;Curator, Tate Modern, London.
More and more contemporary artists from around the world make live art and performance-related film and video, as well as installation art, with an ever-increasing presence in museums and galleries. How does the current generation of curators, critics, and writers tackle curating and writing about performance differently from the past? In what way has the relationship between the artist, curator, and museum changed over the past decade? A panel of critics and curators will discuss the art of curating performance today.
SESSION II: Writing (and Reviewing) Across Borders’Performance and New Media
3:30′5:00 pm
A Panel Discussion Moderated by Art Historian and Critic RoseLee Goldberg featuring Margo Jefferson; Writer and Critic, John Rockwell; Dance Critic for The New York Times and Linda Yablonsky; Novelist and Critic.
Critics and writers on art today need to be well versed in many languages including film, dance, literature, music, architecture and new media. How does an author write across disciplines? How much background in each individual history does a writer need in order to illuminate this multidisciplinary work and to explain its relevance in a broader cultural context to ever-evolving audiences? A panel of critics and writers will explore these questions as they relate to the research, development, and presentation of visual art performance.
THE NYU STEINHARDT DEPARTMENT OF ART AND ARTS PROFESSIONS
The Steinhardt School of Education The Department of Art and Art Professions is committed to the construction of new knowledge through the creation of art and innovative academic research. The Department brings students, practicing artists, educators, and art professionals together in a richly interactive, multidisciplinary community that fosters imaginative art-making and intellectual exchange.
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Copyright Paula Court
NOT FOR SALE: New Media and Sound
Contemporary Artists and Curators To Discuss Use of New Media and Sound for New Directions in Performance
A Panel Discussion Moderated by Art Historian and Critic RoseLee Goldberg featuring Christoph Cox; critic/philosopher, Christian Marclay; artist, Ron Kuivila; artist and composer and Elizabeth LeCompte; Theater Director of Wooster Group.
Respondent: David Ross, independent curator, and the President of Artist Pension Trust
April 21, 2005 6:30 ‘ 8 PM
Reception to follow.
Einstein Auditorium, New York University
34 Stuyvesant Street, NYC
between 2nd & 3rd Avenues at 9th Street
Not for Sale: New Media and Sound, will discuss how artists today use new media and sound to inform their works. What kind of a role does integration of media and technology play in creating new forms of artistic production? How does innovation in technological tools impact the landscape of performance and visual arts history? A distinguished panel of artists, critics and curators will discuss the history of new media as it relates to research, development and presentations of visual arts performance .
PERFORMA presents Not for Sale: New Media and Sound as a dynamic continuation of the discussion on performance and its relationship to the museum, gallery, and collector that was begun last April with ‘Not for Sale: Conserving and Collecting Ephemeral Artwork in the 21st Century.’ Panelists Chrissie Iles, Robert Storr and Joan Jonas elaborated on the paradox of capturing radical and ephemeral ideas for historical record as well as a broader debate regarding how museums and galleries conserve this work. The participants provided an overview of recent history, describing performance as well as installations that were made to counter the institutions of the museum and the commerce of the art gallery.
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Copyright Paula Court
NOT FOR SALE: Artists’ View
Contemporary Artists and Curators To Discuss New Approaches to Creating Performances for Museums and Galleries Not for Sale: Curating, Collecting and Conserving Ephemeral Art ‘ Artists’ View
A Panel Discussion Moderated by Art Historian and Critic RoseLee Goldberg featuring artists Marina Abramovic and Tania Bruguera and curators Klaus Ottmann and Debra Singer.
November 18, 6:30 pm ‘ 8:00 pm.
Reception to follow.
Einstein Auditorium, New York University
34 Stuyvesant Street, NYC
Between 3rd and 2nd Aves at 9th Street
Not for Sale: Artists’ View will cover how artists today use institutions and the marketplace for their own ends. How does the changing role of the modern museum as lively cultural center shape the artists ideas about performance? Can ‘museum safe’ performance still be radical and provocative as were the earlier performances of the 70s, which were made outside the institutional framework? A distinguished panel of artists and curator will discuss their modus operandi in regard to these questions. PERFORMA presents Not for Sale: Artist’s View as a dynamic continuation of the discussion on performance and its relationship to the museum, gallery, and collector that was begun last April with ‘Not for Sale: Conserving and Collecting Ephemeral Artwork in the 21st Century.’ Panelists Chrissie Iles, Robert Storr and Joan Jonas elaborated on the paradox of capturing radical and ephemeral ideas for historical record as well as a broader debate regarding how museums and galleries conserve this work. The participants provided an overview of recent history, describing performance as well as installations that were made to counter the institutions of the museum and the commerce of the art gallery. Not for Sale: Artist’s View is organized in conjunction with New York University’s Department of Art and Art Professions. PERFORMA would like to also thank Grey Art Gallery for its support.
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