Public Art class 4

Week 4 (Feb. 19)–

despite what you see below, today we will actually we will be catching up, discussing QR code and adding to the googlemap, having a guest lecturer (Mat Rappaport), and discussing storefront project proposals.

Lecture/discussion

portraiture in public art; surveillance

statues and surveillance

official and unofficial

imposed, monumental scale: Statue of Ramses in Cairo (being moved)[[1]]

chosen by community: Wall of Respect [[2]]

celebrating ordinary people with compelling stories: Krystof Wodiczko, Tijuana, Mexico: [[3]][[4]]

fall of statue of Saddam [[5]]

Bill Viola – reverse portraits [[6]]

Luc Courchesne - interactive portraits [[7]]

Tony Oursler - projection portraits [[8]]

Surveillance Camera Players [[9]][[10]]

Control/Space - Rhetoric of Surveillance [[11]]

Resources

Lincoln Schatz website [[12]]

Institute for Applied Autonomy [[13]]

Visiting Artist

Lincoln Schatz (2 PM)

Reading

Ch. 1, Public Art