Curating Public Narratives 2015: MTA Artworks

Course Description

This course will investigate the ways in which artists have presented narratives in the public realm and the organizations that have made the presentation of those works central to their curatorial practices over the last 40 years. Focusing on recent works presented in New York’s public spaces by Creative Time, The Public Art Fund, the Percent for Art Program, Arts for Transit and other non-profits organizations, this course will look at what it meant to tell stories and open discourses that challenged or interrogated widely-held value systems, the events and the politics of their time. In addition to the specifics of current and other key works and projects, we will discuss the conditions that governed the development of public performance, temporary and permanent installations, the ways in which those works were influenced by public approval processes and governmental agencies, media coverage and community response. Each student’s final project will be an on-line proposal for an exhibition that conveys a “narrative“ developed in the context of this course, referencing other relevant works .

Monday, September 28, 2015

MTA Artworks - Upper East

Er Xia

Wenqingao Lei

Kun Yang

Subway Station: 59th street

Artist: Elizabeth Murray

Artwork: Blooming

The mezzanine between the BMT level and the IRT East Side/Lexington Ave. Subway level has a large-scale mosaic mural entitled Blooming, by Elizabeth Murray. It covers all four walls of the mezzanine area. The mosaic features larger version of the coffee cups and slippers found on the platform walls, with the text: "In dreams begin responsibilities" and "Conduct your blooming in the noise and discipline of the whirlwind." These lines float from the coffee cups and are excerpts from poetry of Delmore Schwartz and Gwendolyn Brooks. The arboreal images relate to the neighborhood that was called Bloomingdale even before the department store arrived. "After the blooming tree, I added stepping shoes and steaming coffee cups. These are part of the ritual of every morning or evening subway trip", says the artist.

Subway Station: 86th street

Artist: Peter Sis

Artwork: Happy City

86th Street, a station on the Lexington Avenue,opened on July 18, 1918. The station has four side platforms. Old-style wall and ceiling lights have been removed. A renovation was completed in the fall of 2005. There is no crossover between the uptown and downtown directions; fare control is at the upper platform level. Peter Sis' "Happy City" glass and etched stone murals line the walls of the station. Sis is a Czech-born artist who also designed the "Subway Whale" posters found in the R142 cars when they first arrived in New York City.

The mural includes all of the museum buildings from the Museum Mile located in the Upper East Side. For example, the Metropolitan Museum of Art is located on the top-left corner of the “eye”, the Guggenheim Museum is located on the top-right corner of the “eye.” This piece shows concrete buildings located in the Upper East Side. It presents the subway with rich history and culture.

Subway Station：96th st

Artist: Laura Bradley

Artwork: City Suite

Marble mosaics are located at each of the four stairway entrances to the subway platforms. The artist also designed the pattern in the railings, the mezzanine floor, and the station's new platform wall mosaic name tablets.

This station is very spatial like the other 3 stations we went on the Upper East Side due to the limited amount of people using the public transportation. This shows the population and the atmosphere of the Upper East Side.

Subway Station：103th st

Artist: Nitza Tufino

Artwork: Neo-Boriken

The mezzanine has mosaics indicating uptown and downtown directions. The monkey mosaic shows the Bronx zoo. The mosaic very abstract and colorful, bringing playfulness into the Upper East Side.

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● Responsibility

Students are responsible for all assignments, even if they are absent. Late papers, failure to complete the readings assigned for class discussion, and lack of preparedness for in-class discussions and presentations will jeopardize your successful completion of this course.

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Class participation is an essential part of class and includes: keeping up with reading, contributing meaningfully to class discussions, active participation in group work, and coming to class regularly and on time.

● Attendance

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● Delays

In rare instances, I may be delayed arriving to class. If I have not arrived by the time class is scheduled to start, you must wait a minimum of thirty minutes for my arrival. In the event that I will miss class entirely, a sign will be posted at the classroom indicating your assignment for the next class meeting.

● Academic Integrity

This is NSU’s Statement on Academic Integrity: Plagiarism and cheating of any kind in the course of academic work will not be tolerated. Academic honesty includes accurate use of quotations, as well as appropriate and explicit citation of sources in instances of paraphrasing and describing ideas, or reporting on research findings or any aspect of the work of others (including that of instructors and other students). These standards of academic honesty and citation of sources apply to all forms of academic work (examinations, essays, theses, computer work, art and design work, oral presentations, and other projects).

It is the responsibility of students to learn the procedures specific to their discipline for correctly and appropriately differentiating their own work from that of others. Compromising your academic integrity may lead to serious consequences, including (but not limited to) one or more of the following: failure of the assignment, failure of the course, academic warning, disciplinary probation, suspension from the university, or dismissal from the university.

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Plagiarism is the use of another person's words or ideas in any academic work using books, journals, internet postings, or other student papers without proper acknowledgment. For further information on proper acknowledgment and plagiarism, including expectations for paraphrasing source material and proper forms of citation in research and writing, students should consult the Chicago Manual of Style (cf. Turabian, 6^th edition). The New School University Writing Center also provides useful on-line resources to help students understand and avoid plagiarism. See www.newschool.edu/admin/writingcenter/usefullinks.html.

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● Student Disability Services

In keeping with the University’s policy of providing equal access for students with disabilities, any student with a disability who needs academic accommodations is welcome to meet with me privately. All conversations will be kept confidential. Students requesting any accommodations will also need to meet with Jason Luchs in the office of Student Disability Services, who will conduct an intake, and if appropriate, provide an academic accommodation notification letter to you to bring to me. At that point I will review the letter with you and discuss these accommodations in relation to this course. Mr. Luchs’ office is located in 79 Fifth Avenue, 5^th floor. His direct line is (212) 229-5626 x3135. You may also access more information through the University’s web site at www.newschool.edu/studentservices/disability/

Course Description

Monday, September 28, 2015

MTA Artworks - Upper East

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