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− | -Critique of existing public art, monuments, commemorative works
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− | -Response to above
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− | problematize, rectify omissions
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− | -Creating an original contribution that takes into account what has been done but is not just a response to other art, rather a response to a contemporary idea, condition, or issue
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− | - examining the changing definition of public art, its populist tendencies,
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− | Ideas about public art interact with larger ideas about the public sphere:
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− | - civic participation,
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− | - living in increasingly dense concentrations
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− | - our interaction with the environment
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− | - issues like surveillance that impinge upon our use of public space
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− | - the increasing privatization of public space
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− | What is THE PUBLIC?
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− | Our modern meaning originates in the Enlightenment (age of reason) (17th & 18th C)
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− | Emphasis on reason, downplaying of faith, tradition., which used art & architecture as “shock and awe” – way to instruct a non-literate population
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− | Challenged established political systems, elevated the importance of ideas and consequently of the common man (since importance by heredity was challenged)
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− | US revolution, French revolution
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− | People became more than just “the faithful” or “the serfs”
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− | Concept of the public changed in the US – where people were required to be more self sufficient – saw themselves as settlers, pioneers, emphasis on self-reliance
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− | Free of European traditions and culture
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− | Public & Culture
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− | Great depression changed our sense of self – forced people to rely on one another – increased the role of gov’t
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− | In the wake of wwII affluence, with many Americans having been exposed to European culture first hand, the gov’t took on the role of cultural supporter
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− | (NEA created in 1965) now greatly weakened by political backlash
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− | 1989, 1990, ironically were good years for loosening up in Europe, brought the beginning of hard times for the NEA – Christian conservatives challenged grants to individuals (Andres Serrano – Piss Christ)
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− | 1994 Newt Gingrich – renewed attack on NEA
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− | 29.95 - https://vimeo.com/18587448 defines gallery art, especially video sold in limited editions, as exclusionary, draws a line between private and public using new technologies (not only video, but also distribution on line)
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− | find a theorist, artist or philosopher who conceives of the public in a particular way that resonates with you/your work and bring it in for
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| *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Me%C5%A1trovi%C4%87/ Ivan Mestrovic] | | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Me%C5%A1trovi%C4%87/ Ivan Mestrovic] |
Discussion of Asn. 1.
Introduction to mind map as a way to generate and organize concepts.
Discussion of Asn. 2
Reading for next week: Ch. 5, Public Art