Archive: June, 2008

FEATURE: Trade & Row, Raising Awareness of Current Issues

June 30th, 2008 · -- · Resource, [2]News & Events No comments

Vision
To raise awareness of current issues

Mission
To promote multiple perspectives
To bring people together
To facilitate dialogue

Goals
Demonstrate the potential of art by soliciting artists who use their work to encourage social change and bringing an audience to view that work.

Encourage social activism by developing community projects where residents have the opportunity to develop solutions to issues in their community and see the results of that work.

Build coalitions with existing community organizations by getting involved in their activities and creating a network for people to realize the common goals for healthy, positive living that others share.

Statement
Trade&Row is being established to create engaging projects focusing on socio-political issues of our time. The projects, which could range from curated exhibitions and screenings to community dialogues, will be designed to reach a diverse audience and require community participation to be successful.

http://www.tradeandrow.org/

Final Call for Papers BIOETHICS Area 2008 Film & History Conference

June 30th, 2008 · -- · Uncategorized No comments

Film & Science: Fictions, Documentaries, and Beyond. October 30-November 2, 2008
Chicago, Illinois
www.uwosh.edu/filmandhistory
Third-Round Deadline: August 1, 2008

AREA: Bioethics

Bioethics got its start in the late 1960s and early 1970’s.
In that time period, the U.S. Public Health Service Syphilis Study (1932-1972) raised concerns about human experimentation, eugenics, and false dichotomies in discussions of race and gender. Also receiving ethical scrutiny were the implications of abortion laws, nuclear proliferation and experiments, and the Geneva Accords as a response to information gleaned on the =93Nazi doctors=94 during the Holocaust. These events led historians and philosophers to realize that research, as well as practice, had emerged as an ethical crisis in medicine, nursing, allied health, animal and veterinary sciences, pharmaceuticals, agriculture, and public health. With the development of biotechnology and the rise of global capitalism, basic ethical concepts have been interrogated, such as personhood, traditional virtues, health education, and the collective responsibility for health and creative growth. The cinema of the same historical era, the
latter twentieth century and on to the present, has accompanied the development of new philosophical questions about the health sciences. Earlier films, as well, can be considered precursors to the way of thinking that ushered in bioethics.

The Area is about the rich and pluralistic historical relation between film and bioethics. Film, television (including news), and/or new/digital media are appropriate considerations. Topics might include: depiction of physicians/practitioners, and/or researchers, in features, documentaries, TV Series, =93art=94 films, or genres (No Way Out, Frankenstein [any and all], The Cider House Rules, Dirty Pretty Things); changes or trends in bioethical considerations, appearing in genres over time (TV =93Doc=94 series, Jurassic Park, The Boys from Brazil, Blade Runner); philosophical and/or geopolitical aspects of bioethics and cinema, e.g. Bergsonian, Deleuzian, neo-Kantian, or phenomenological concerns (Last Year at Marienbad, Godard, Bergman, Wings of Desire, Herzog, Gattaca); hegemonic promotion by films of race and/or racism (Disney, The Passion of Christ, Bill O=92Reilly); gender and sexuality in cinematic categorizations of bodies (=9130=92s Hollywood Comedies, Philadelphia, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Boys Don=92t Cry); poverty and wealth/health and capital as moving images (Chaplin, Italian neo-realism, Roger and Me, Million Dollar Baby); bioethics as an intrinsically cinematic signifier (Keaton, Judgment at Nuremberg, Miss Evers=92 Boys, Sicko, There Will Be Blood).=20

Send a 300-word proposal by August 1, 2008, to:

Dr. Connie C. Price, Chair of the Bioethics Area
Departments of Philosophy and Bioethics
44-314 Bioethics Building
Tuskegee University=20
Tuskegee. AL 36088 USA
Phone 334 727 8279
Email [ mailto:cpirce@tuskegee.edu ]cprice@tuskegee.edu

Panel proposals for up to four presenters are also welcome, but each presenter must submit his or her own paper proposal. The deadline for second-round proposals is May 1, 2008.

This area, comprising multiple panels, is a part of the 2008 biennial Film & History Conference, sponsored by The Center for the Study of Film and History. Speakers will include founder John O=92Connor and editor Peter C. Rollins (in a ceremony to celebrate the transfer to the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh); Wheeler Winston Dixon, author of Visions of the Apocalypse, Disaster and Memory, and Lost in the Fifties: Recovering Phantom Hollywood; Sidney Perkowitz, Charles Howard Candler Professor of Physics at Emory University and author of Hollywood Science: Movies, Science, & the End of the World; and Dr. Roger D. Launius, our Keynote Speaker. For updates and registration information about the upcoming meeting, see the Film & History website ([http://www.uwosh.edu/filmandhistory ]www.uwosh.edu/filmandhistory).

Media Content for the Web – Extended Deadline and Scholarships Available for the Training in Sofia

June 30th, 2008 · -- · Competition opportunity, Research Opportunity, [2]News & Events No comments

The deadline for application for the training course “Producing media for the web: Open Source Software & web 2.0″ is extended and there are still scholarships available for allocation.

The course takes place in Sofia from 11th to 16th of August this year.

It combines both a conceptual approach related to web 2.0, distribution of rich media content on internet, e-marketing, the potential of open source tools, and practical issues linked to production of audiovisual content for the web. During this course, trainees will learn the benefits of using open source software to deliver media content on the web. Trainees will work in teams to produce their own media rich sites as a means to learning powerful content management software and web 2.0 site design. Approaches to audio and video streaming will also be introduced. The course aims participation of artists looking to develop their own live and content rich site.

For more information on the training programme and conditions for participation, please visit www.tosmi.org

Petko Dourmana

InterSpace
27 Benkovski Str. Ent. 2 fl. 1 ap. 18
Sofia 1000
+359 (2) 983 48 43
www.i-space.org mailto:home@i-space.org

13 Canariasmediafest

June 25th, 2008 · -- · Festival, Film, Offline Exhibition, Research Opportunity, Resource, Video, [2]News & Events No comments

Por la presente les enviamos información desde Gran Canaria Espacio Digital, Cabildo de Gran Canaria, en Las Palmas de G. C., sobre la sección a concurso del 13 Canariasmediafest, esperando que sea de su interés. Gracias por colaborar en su difusión, cordiales saludos.

J’ai le plaisir de vous inviter au nom de Gran Canaria Espacio Digital de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria à notre festival 13 Canariasmediafest .
Vous pouvez trouver toutes les informations utiles ci-dessous.
Sincères salutations,

We are writing to you on behalf of Gran Canaria Espacio Digital of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, the organizers of 13 Canariasmediafest. I would like to invite you to participate. Below you can find all the information about Canariasmediafest. I look forward to hearing from you. Kind regards,

La 13º edición de Canariasmediafest, Festival Internacional de Arte y Culturas Digitales de Gran Canaria, se celebrará del 28 de octubre al 1 de noviembre de 2008. El hilo conductor del Festival será A través de la ventana… fuera / Through the windows… abroad. Las bases para participar en la sección a concurso ya pueden ser consultadas en: http://www.canariasmediafest.org/. El festival otorga 26.000 Euros en premios. La fecha límite de admisión de obras a concurso es el 30 de junio. Las categorías son videoarte, documental experimental o de creación, animación y media art.

Gran Canaria Espacio Digital

www.grancanariadigital.com
www.canariasmediafest.org
www.ultraperiferiadigital.com

C/ Cádiz 34
35012. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
00 34 928 250587
canariasmediafest@grancanaria.com

The 13th edition of the Gran Canaria International Festival of Arts and Digital Cultures Canariasmediafest, is to be held from October 28th to November 1st, 2008. The Festival is focussing on the main concept of “Through the Window… abroad”. Rules to the competition entries are displayed on the website: www.canariasmediafest.org . The competition offers prizes in totalling 26,000 euros. The deadline for submissions is June 30th, 2008. The categories are Video Art, Experimental Documentary, Animation and Media Art.

Français

La 13ème édition de Canariasmediafest, Festival International d’Art et Culture Digitale de Gran Canaria, aura lieu du 28 octobre au 1er novembre 2008. Le thème du festival sera “A travers la fenêtre…dehors/ Through the windows…abroad”. Les règles de participation au concours peuvent être consultées en : http://www.canariasmediafest.org/. Le festival mets à disposition 26.000 € en attribution de prix. La date limite pour l’admission des œuvres à concours est le 30 de juin 2008.
Les catégories sont vidéo art, documentaire expérimental ou de création, animation et media art.

Gran Canaria Espacio Digital

www.grancanariadigital.com
www.canariasmediafest.org
www.ultraperiferiadigital.com

C/ Cádiz 34
35012. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Spain
00 34 928 250587
canariasmediafest@grancanaria.com

Sergio Morales Quintero

Gran Canaria Espacio Digital
www.grancanariadigital.com
www.canariasmediafest.org
www.ultraperiferiadigital.com
C/ Cádiz 34.
35012. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
00 34 928 250587

FILM: MOVIMENTO CENTRIFUGO

June 25th, 2008 · -- · Festival, Film, [2]News & Events No comments

7 piazze muovono la città
Seconda edizione – dal 3 luglio al 21 agosto

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7 piazze, 7 luoghi, 7 spazi urbani, 7 modi per rivivere un’area periferica della città.

Per il secondo anno consecutivo esterni presenta, nell’ambito della bella Estate del Cinema promossa dall’Assessorato al Tempo Libero del Comune di Milano, movimento centrifugo.
Uno dei progetti raccolti nel catalogo di design pubblico (www.designpubblico.it), movimento centrifugo promuove un nuovo centro, riscoprendo periferie e zone dimenticate, che sposti la centralità, fisica e ideale, della città verso piazze sconosciute, ma non per questo prive di attrattive. Quartieri che spesso hanno una “cattiva reputazione”, considerati “difficili” e poco vissuti, attirano e richiamano per tutta l’estate la popolazione allargata di Milano.

Un programma ricco e variegato di appuntamenti e iniziative culturali, che oltre a vivacizzare queste sette piazze ha il compito di renderle attrattive agli occhi del turista cittadino, fulcro per la città. Ogni giovedì, dal 3 luglio al 21 agosto teatro di strada, concerti di musica jazz, improvvisazioni teatrali, incontri, aperitivi e cinema all’aperto animeranno le piazze principali di Ponte Lambro, Gratosoglio, la Martesana, la Barona, Quarto Oggiaro, Affori e Baggio.

Prima tappa di questo viaggio è il 3 luglio alla Martesana, tra via Luigi Bertelli e via Agordat. Il parco ed in particolare la piazza antistante l’anfiteatro, dalle ore 15.00, vedrà alternarsi teatro di strada, concerti, improvvisazioni teatrali ma anche giochi per i più piccoli, aperitivi aperti a tutti, visite guidate alla scoperta di angoli nascosti e forse ai più sconosciuti. La possibilità di guardare con occhi diversi ciò che normalmente circonda i cittadini del luogo, mostra come alle volte la realtà può essere diversa da come viene descritta e percepita.

Ogni iniziativa proposta è gratuita.
Per informazioni www.esterni.org – tel 02 713 613

Per materiale fotografico
Rossella Trombetti – 347 0362308
Stefano Zicchieri – 333 3892294

Programma

3 luglio – Parco della Martesana (Martesana)
Dalle ore 15:00 alle ore 18:00 giochi in piazza, laboratori creativi e spettacoli
ore 18:00 aperitivo
ore 20:00 teatro di strada, giocoleria e clown, con Rodrigo Morganti
ore 22:00 Poveri ma belli, di Dino Risi, Italia, 1956, 101’

10 luglio – Piazzetta Capuana (Quarto Oggiaro)
Dalle ore 15:00 alle ore 18:00 giochi in piazza, laboratori creativi e spettacoli
ore 18:00 aperitivo
ore 20:00 teatro di strada, giocoleria e clown, con Itinerante Circular
ore 22:00 Starsky e Hutch, di Todd Phillips, USA, 2004, 101’

17 luglio – Via G. Ucelli di Nemi (Ponte Lambro)
Dalle ore 15:00 alle ore 18:00 giochi in piazza, laboratori creativi e spettacoli
ore 18:00 aperitivo
ore 20:00 teatro di strada, giocoleria e clown, con i Giullari del diavolo
ore 22:00 La fabbrica di cioccolato, di Tim Burton, USA, 2005, 115’

24 luglio – Piazza delle Torri Bianche (Gratosoglio)
Dalle ore 15:00 alle ore 18:00 giochi in piazza, laboratori creativi e spettacoli
ore 18:00 aperitivo
ore 20:00 teatro di strada, giocoleria e clown, con Itinerante Circular
ore 22:00 Giù per il Tubo, di David Bowers e Sam Fell, USA, 2006, 84’

31 luglio – Via Boffalora (quartiere Barona)
Dalle ore 15:00 alle ore 18:00 giochi in piazza, laboratori creativi e spettacoli
ore 18:00 aperitivo
ore 20:00 teatro di strada, giocoleria e clown, con Itinerante Circular
ore 22:00 La guerra dei Mondi, di Steven Spielberg, USA, 2005, 116’

7 agosto – Villa Litta Modigliani (quartiere Affori)
Dalle ore 15:00 alle ore 18:00 giochi in piazza, laboratori creativi e spettacoli
ore 18:00 aperitivo
ore 20:00 teatro di strada, giocoleria e clown, con il gruppo Girovago e Rondella
ore 22:00 Hair, di Milos Forman, USA, 1979, 121’

21 agosto – P.zza Anita Garibaldi (Baggio)
Dalle ore 15:00 alle ore 18:00 giochi in piazza, laboratori creativi e spettacoli
ore 18:00 aperitivo
ore 20:00 teatro di strada, giocoleria e clown, con i Gemelli Inversi
ore 22:00 Blues Brothers, di John Landis, Stati Uniti, 1980, 130’

Ufficio Stampa esterni
media@esterni.org
tel/fax 02 713 613
via Paladini 8 – 20133 Milano
www.esterni.org
www.designpubblico.it
www.milanofilmfestival.it

IV Bienal Interamericana de Videoarte

June 25th, 2008 · -- · Competition opportunity, Festival, Online Journal, Theory, Video, [2]News & Events No comments

Convocatoria
Quedan solo 5 semanas para inscribirse y participar en la IV Bienal Interamericana de Video Arte del
Centro Cultural del BID
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El Centro Cultural del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) anuncia la convocatoria de la “ IV Bienal Interamericana de Videoarte”, a celebrarse en diciembre de 2008, en la Galería de Arte del Centro Cultural del BID, en Washington, D.C. La exhibición se presentará en 2009 en el Istituto Italo-Latino Americano en Roma, y en octubre de 2009 en el Festival Internacional de Cine de Santafé de Bogotá, así como también en las organizaciones que se han suscrito como parte del circuito internacional (20). Como en años anteriores, la Bienal viajará a varias instituciones vinculadas al circuito en distintos países de la región. Se editará un catálogo en inglés, castellano e italiano con todas las obras participantes y las biografías de los artistas seleccionados.
Objetivos
La Bienal tiene como objetivos:
Estimular la creatividad del uso de la técnica de video y alentar a los artistas de América Latina y el Caribe a utilizar su habilidad para formular propuestas originales y creativas a través de la tecnología, y Ampliar el debate sobre factores que afectan el ambiente social, cultural y económico de los países de Latinoamérica y el Caribe.

Premios
El Primer Premio recibirá US$4.000 (dólares estadounidenses); el Segundo Premio recibirá US$3.000 (dólares estadounidenses); el Tercer Premio recibirá US$2.000; y se otorgarán dos Menciones de Honor que recibirán US$1.000 (dólares estadounidenses) cada una. Los videos premiados y aquellos que reciban la Mención de Honor pasarán automáticamente a formar parte de la exhibición. La exhibición incluirá todos los videos seleccionados para la inauguración de la muestra en Washington, D.C. y luego se presentarán en los países que forman parte del circuito.

Bases:
El concurso está abierto a todos los artistas que sean ciudadanos de países latinoamericanos o caribeños miembros del BID: Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belice, Bolivia, Brasil, Chile, Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haití, Honduras, Jamaica, México, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Perú, Puerto Rico, República Dominicana, Suriname, Trinidad y Tobago, Uruguay y Venezuela (para más información consultar www.iadb.org).
Los videos deberán tener una duración superior a un minuto y no deben exceder los cinco minutos.
Los videos tienen que haber sido producidos en o a partir de enero de 2007. Los artistas deberán estar en posesión de los derechos de autor de los videos.
Los videos pueden ser realizados en cualquier técnica, pero deben ser remitidos al concurso exclusivamente en formato DVD compatible con la tecnología americana.
El contenido del video no puede ser ofensivo para ningún gobierno, individuo o grupo en particular. El jurado podrá descalificar cualquier video considerado ofensivo.
El Centro Cultural del BID nombrará un jurado para conceder los premios y las menciones de honor, y para seleccionar los trabajos que formarán parte de la exhibición.

Registro y presentación de videos

Antes de enviar el video, cada participante debe registrarse en la página web del Centro Cultural del BID, completando el formulario de inscripción (que estará listo a partir del 30 de noviembre de 2007), en la siguiente dirección url http://www.iadb.org/exr/cultural. Aquellas solicitudes que estén incompletas o aquellos videos que no cumplan los requisitos corren el riesgo de ser descalificados. Aquellos videos enviados sin haber sido registrados previamente no serán aceptados para entrar en el concurso. El Centro Cultural del BID no se responsabiliza de aquellos videos que se pierdan durante el envío.

La fecha límite para participar en el concurso de videoarte es el 31 de julio de 2008. Se les enviará un correo electrónico a los artistas seleccionados. No se devolverá ningún video. El Centro Cultural del BID se reserva el derecho a utilizar los videos seleccionados de cualquier forma que se considere adecuada para promover el evento.

Los videos deberán ser enviados en un sobre sellado a las oficinas del BID de cada país (ver listado adjunto), dirigido a nombre del Centro Cultural del BID, Washington, D.C., IV Bienal Internacional de Videoarte, o por medio de cualquier medio certificado de envío aéreo (courier, DHL, FEDEX) a la atención de: Félix Angel, Centro Cultural, Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo, 1300 New York Avenue NW, Parada W-220, Washington D.C., 20577. No utilice correo aéreo regular puesto que los videos pueden resultar dañados debido a los procedimientos de riesgo biológico llevados a cabo por el servicio de correos de los Estados Unidos.

La participación en la bienal está sujeta a la aceptación de sus reglas.
Para mayor información sobre el Centro Cultural del BID y sus programas, llame al (202) 623 3774 o visite: www.iadb.org/cultural http://www.iadb.org/cultural
Para más información sobre el BID: www.iadb.org
Puede registrarse en:

Español: guidelines http://www.iadb.org/IDBDocs.cfm?docnum=1224618 y formulario electrónico de aplicación http://www.iadb.org/exr/cultural/form.cfm?language=Spanish
Inglés: guidelines http://www.iadb.org/IDBDocs.cfm?docnum=1223838 yformulario electrónico de aplicación http://www.iadb.org/exr/cultural/form.cfm?language=English
Portugués: guidelines http://www.iadb.org/IDBDocs.cfm?docnum=1224623 y formulario electrónico de aplicación http://www.iadb.org/exr/cultural/form.cfm?language=Portuguese
French: guidelines http://www.iadb.org/IDBDocs.cfm?docnum=1224621 y formulario electrónico de aplicación http://www.iadb.org/exr/cultural/form.cfm?language=French

Sept. 27, 2008: The Expo for Independent Arts

June 25th, 2008 · -- · News, Resource, [2]News & Events No comments

Independent Arts & Media presents:

THE NINTH ANNUAL EXPO FOR INDEPENDENT ARTS
(Formerly Expo for the Artist & Musician)
*The Bay Area’s only grassroots connection fair for independent arts, music & culture.*

SAVE THE DATE! * Saturday, September 27, 2008

Dolores Park, 18th St. between Church & Dolores, San Francisco
11:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Info: (415) 677-9877; expo_info@artsandmedia.net

ABOUT OUR NAME CHANGE * http://artsandmedia.net/expo/

We have changed our name, but not our mission! Over the past eight years, the Expo for the Artist & Musician has come to serve an extremely wide variety of community-based art and expression.

THE EXPO FOR INDEPENDENT ARTS represents this greater diversity, and all the cultural opportunity that makes this event unique.

JOIN US @ DOLORES PARK! * http://artsandmedia.net/expo/register/

This is an open invitation to art and music groups, nonprofits, schools, businesses, collectives, venues and more to reserve a table at the Expo and meet each other and the community.

Please join us at our first ever OUTDOOR venue in sunny Dolores Park! This highly central venue is in the heart of SF and easily accessible by public transit, foot, bike, and car. With your participation, we expect this year will be our biggest, most successful Expo yet!

EXHIBIT * http://artsandmedia.net/expo/register/

As always, tables for small nonprofits and community groups cost JUST $25.

** Register before July 15 for big discounts! **

SPONSOR * http://artsandmedia.net/expo/sponsor/

Show your support for the arts in our communities by sponsoring the Ninth Annual Expo. We have a number of different sponsorship levels for local businesses, and welcome your inquiries.

Connect with a vital, active, creative community by sponsoring the Expo for Independent Arts!

VOLUNTEER * http://artsandmedia.net/expo/volunteer/

The Expo is a volunteer-powered labor of love that serves the entire community. Volunteering is also a great way to get involved in local arts and meet new people.

News from JavaMuseum

June 25th, 2008 · -- · Competition opportunity, News, Resource, [2]News & Events No comments

JavaMuseum – Forum for Internet Technology in Contemporary Art
http://www.javamuseum.org

News
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1. New interviews on: JIP. JavaMuseum Interview Project
2. New call for: Netart Features 2009
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1.
JavaMuseum
is happy to publish three new interviews on
JIP – JavaMuseum Interview Project
http://jip.javamuseum.org

a) Alan Bigelow (USA)
http://jip.javamuseum.org/jipblog/?page_id=93

b). Ethan Ham (USA)
http://jip.javamuseum.org/jipblog/?page_id=94

c) Hyeseung Yoo (South Korea)
http://jip.javamuseum.org/jipblog/?page_id=96

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2.
Call for entries: Netart Features 2009

Also in 2009, JavaMuseum will continue its netart features. Artists are invited to submit up to 5 works completed after1 January 2005. The complete call, including regulations and form can be found here—>
http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=329
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JavaMuseum – Forum for Internet Technology in Contemporary Art
http://www.javamuseum.org
is a corporate part of
[NewMediaArtProjectNetwork]:||cologne
www.nmartproject.net -
the experimental platform for art and new media from Cologne/Germany
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info (at) javamuseum.org

The Art Workers’ Coalition online and at PS1

June 24th, 2008 · -- · Museums, Offline Exhibition, Online Exhibition, [2]News & Events No comments

Primary Information is pleased to present an installation on The Art Workers’ Coalition as part of the exhibition, “That was then…This is now,” opening at PS1 on June 22nd, 2008.

The Art Worker’s Coalition (AWC) was a loose group of artists, writers, and members of the creative community formed in January 1969 after the artist Takis protested the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) by removing his sculpture from their exhibition, “The Museum as Seen at the End of the Mechanical Age.” In the case with Takis, the artist was concerned with his ability to control the exhibition of his work after it had been sold (the Museum had exhibited his work against his expressed wishes because they owned it and felt that their right of ownership superseded his rights as an artist to control its exhibition).

This initial protest was a spark that ignited the coalition—which gathered members and concerns exponentially throughout the early months of 1969. At the time, AWC was concerned with the responsibility of museums to artists and aimed their efforts at building a dialogue between themselves and MoMA. Another early issue was better representation of Black and Puerto Rican artists in MoMA as well as the other local museums.

As the coalition grew in membership, so did its concerns, which the AWC sought to publicly discuss at MoMA. When these efforts proved unsuccessful, the coalition held and Open Hearing at the School of the Visual Arts on April 10, 1969, in which hundreds of people attended. Written statements were collected (some of which were read and some of which were not) and the proceedings were later transcribed. The statements were published in book form by the AWC under the name Open Hearing.

At the same time, the AWC also published Documents 1 a collection of letters, press, and ephemera documenting the formation of the Coalition and its dialogue with MoMA. Both Open Hearing and Documents 1 are available for download at www.primaryinformation.org and available at PS1’s bookstore at cost.

Following the Open Hearing, AWC’s emphasis broadened to address the political and social events and concerns of its time: racism, sexism, abortion rights, Vietnam, and Kent State, among others. With so many issues, AWC eventually splintered, with groups like Women Artists in Revolution, Guerilla Art Action Group, and Art Strike addressing specific concerns while remaining affiliated with AWC.

Art Workers Coalition remained active through Spring of 1971, with its last protest at the Guggenheim, which had cancelled a solo exhibition by Hans Haacke, on May 1, 1971. Many of its splinter groups continued throughout the 70s and 80s and were fundamental to addressing the unequal representation of the minority and women artists in the art world—a battle that is still being fought today.

Primary Information’s exhibition at PS1 will trace the history of the AWC through archival documents and photographs obtained through private as well institutional sources (including MoMA).

Please email info@primaryinformation.org for further information.

Participate in The Expo for Independent Arts! Saturday, September 27th in Dolores Park

June 24th, 2008 · -- · Festival, Research Opportunity, [2]News & Events No comments

You may now officially register to exhibit, perform, teach a workshop, volunteer and/or become a sponsor at The Ninth Annual Expo for Independent Arts! Please read the e-mail below for important links and details…
As always you can contact us by phone: (415) 677-9877 or
by e-mail: katie@artsandmedia.net with questions and ideas.

Sept. 27,2008: The Expo for Independent Arts!
Independent Arts & Media presents

THE NINTH ANNUAL EXPO FOR INDEPENDENT ARTS

(Formerly The Expo for the Artist and Musician) We have changed our name but not our mission: Over the past eight years, the Expo for the Artist & Musician has come to serve an extremely wide variety of community-based art and expression.

THE EXPO FOR INDEPENDENT ARTS represents this greater diversity, and all the cultural opportunity that makes this a such a unique event.

http://artsandmedia.net/expo/participate/

SAVE THE DATE:
Saturday, September 27, 2008
11am-6pm
Dolores Park, Entrance near 18th St. between Church St. & Dolores St, SF
Info: [ph] (415) 677-9877 [e] expo_info@artsandmedia.net

JOIN US! * http://artsandmedia.net/expo/participate/

The Expo is the Bay Area’s only grassroots connection fair for independent arts, music & culture. This is an open invitation to art and music groups and businesses to reserve a table at The Expo and meet each other and the community. Please join us at our first ever outdoor venue in sunny Dolores Park! This highly central venue is in the heart of SF and easily accessible by public transit, foot, bike, and car. With your participation, we are expecting this year will be our biggest, most successful Expo yet!

EXHIBIT * http://artsandmedia.net/expo/register/
We have space for about 125 exhibitors at the Expo. As always, tables for small nonprofits and community groups cost just $25.