Intermedia Grad Seminar
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY School of Art Intermedia Program, FALL 2001
ART 621 SLN: 41308  Wed. 6:40-- 9:30 TWR A 202
Instructor: COLLINS. Office hours: by appointment Twr A-105.
phone: 965-8311 e-mail: dan.collins@asu.edu

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Date

Activity/Event

1st Half of Class

2nd Half of Class

August 22

Introductions

 

 

Friday, August 24, 1 – 3 pm

Discussion with Heather and John and the ASU Art Museum, Shirin Neshat and Andreas Gursky

 

 

August 29

John Spiak overview of local events

 

Sept. 5

Studio Visits

 

 

Sept. 12

Studio Visits

 

 

Friday
Sept. 14
7 – 9 pm

Closing Reception ASU Art Museum

 

 

Sept. 19

Studio Visits

 

 

Sept. 26

Studio Visits

 

 

Oct. 3

Studio Visits

 

 

Oct. 10

Studio Visits

 

 

Oct. 17

Studio Visits

 

 

Oct. 24

Studio Visits

 

 

Thursday, October 25
7:30 to 9:30pm

Panel: Eduardo Kac and Transgenics Neeb Hall

 

 

Oct. 28 – 30 (Sun-Tues)

Ethics and the Arts Symposium

 

 

Oct. 31

Discussion:  Ethics and the Arts

 

 

Nov. 7

Studio Visits

 

 

Nov. 14

Preparations for Intersculpt

 

 

Nov. 15 – 16

Intersculpt Int’l Sculpture Interconnection

 

 

Nov. 21

Thanksgiving?

 

 

Nov. 28

Last Meeting

 

 

Current Exhibitions locally:

James Turrell, Scottsdale Center for the Arts (ends early Sept.)
Joe Segura, Collaboration, Scottsdale Center for the Arts (ends early Sept.)
Wolfgang Laib, Scottsdale Center for the Arts (Oct.)
Phoenix Triennale, Phoenix Art Museum (John Haddock and others)
Shirin Neshat and Andreas Gursky, ASU Art Museum (ends early Sept.)

Possible Guests

Richard Loveless, former director, Institute for Studies in the Arts
Eduardo Kac, Transgenic artist, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
John Spiak, Senior Curator, ASU Art Museum
Laurie Lundquist, Civic Artist, City of Mesa
Jeff McMahon, Performance and Media Artist, ASU Institute for Studies in the Arts
Gregory Sale, Performance artist and public art curator
Angela Ellsworth, Performance and Media Artist, Phoenix, AZ
Toni Dove, Interactive Media, New York

Some Starting Points

--La Ferla, Ruth, ”Perfect Model,” New York Times, May 7, 2001 (Discussion of synthetic models/actors)
--Kac, Eduardo, “GFP Bunny” (Discussion of Transgenic organisms and art)
--Stafford, Barbara Maria, Body Criticism, “The Aesthetics of Almost” (Discussion of the difference between seeing and knowing relative to the body)
--Collins, Dan, “Models of Interaction,” New Art Examiner, March 2001 (Discussion of interactive systems)
--Rosen, Jonathan, “A Retreat from the World Can Be a Perilous Journey,” New York Times, May 7, 2001. (Finding a “voice”)
--Muschamp, Herbert, “Fitting Into History’s True Fabric,” New York Times, May 6, 2001 (Where does one person stop and another person start?)