Public Art class 7

Critique of Nimble Projections

• How does the show look?
• What problems did you have?
• What would you do differently?
• What did you learn?

Asn. 4 due – presentation in class

Due March 11. Research lighting and/or sound systems and make a proposal for a lighting and/or sound work for the alley between Michigan and Wabash in the 600 block. Include URLs, prices, and possible concepts for the work.

portraiture in public art

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]]

fall of statue of Saddam [[4]]

Visitor: Lincoln Schatz, artist

Screening: America by design, episode 4, public places and monuments, CCC library VIDEO. 720.973 A512V8498

Reading for next week

Gude, Olivia and Huebner, Jeff. Urban Art Chicago, pp 11 – 22; Ganz, Nicholas. Graffiti World: Street Art from Five Continents. pp. 8-10, 18-19.

Resources

Lincoln Schatz website [[5]]

Institute for Applied Autonomy [[6]]

Bodybuilder Webcam [[7]]

Surveillance Camera Players [[8]]

Control/Space - Rhetoric of Surveillance [[9]]