"Public Art and Democracy"
Saturday, September 27, 20089:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Cost:
Free and open to the public! Lunch provided - register at ias@umn.edu or 612-626-5054
| Room 275 Nicholson Hall Minneapolis Campus |
Institute for Advanced Study, 612-626-5054
iasThe conference is occasioned by the confluence of four important events affecting the Twin Cities: Speaking of Home, artist Nancy Ann Coyne's photographic public artwork exploring the meaning of home, acculturation, and alienation for new Americans in the Twin Cities; the 30th anniversary of Forecast Public Art, a Twin Cities-based non-profit organization; the need for conversations about public engagement with the political process arising in the wake of the Republican and Democratic National Conventions; and the Minnesota Sesquicentennial. Four panels throughout the day examine the topic of public space and artistic intervention into it, raising questions about the politics of access to space and issues of free speech. Political scientists, artists, architects, designers, activists, and arts administrators will discuss such questions as: What makes a public space public? How can public art instigate civic discourse? How can artists and designers working within constraints create more meaningful public spaces?
Saturday morning sessions:Public/Private Space
9:00 Privatizing Public Space: Skyways, Malls, and Plazas (Jennifer Yoos, Kristine Miller and Vincent James)
10:45 Social Space: Designing for Civic Dialogues (Margaret Kohn, Dara Strolovitch, Sonja Kuftinec)
12:15 Lunch and discussion on arts activities at the two political conventions, led by Marlina Gonzalez.
Saturday afternoon sessions: Artistic Interventions in Public Space
1:45 Public Art as Activism and the Limits of Free Expression (Suzanne Lacy, Jack Becker, Eiko Otake, Ananya Chatterjea)
3:30 Photography in Public (George Slade, Nancy Ann Coyne, Wing Young Huie)
5:15 Conference wrap up with Tom Fisher and Gail Dubrow.
Funding provided by McKnight Events and Initiatives.
Saturday morning sessions:Public/Private Space
9:00 Privatizing Public Space: Skyways, Malls, and Plazas (Jennifer Yoos, Kristine Miller and Vincent James)
10:45 Social Space: Designing for Civic Dialogues (Margaret Kohn, Dara Strolovitch, Sonja Kuftinec)
12:15 Lunch and discussion on arts activities at the two political conventions, led by Marlina Gonzalez.
Saturday afternoon sessions: Artistic Interventions in Public Space
1:45 Public Art as Activism and the Limits of Free Expression (Suzanne Lacy, Jack Becker, Eiko Otake, Ananya Chatterjea)
3:30 Photography in Public (George Slade, Nancy Ann Coyne, Wing Young Huie)
5:15 Conference wrap up with Tom Fisher and Gail Dubrow.
Funding provided by McKnight Events and Initiatives.
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