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, October 12, 2015

Final Exhibition Proposal

In response to the growing culture of smartphone usage, I would like to propose a public narrative on the sidewalk tiles. As people keep their heads down while they use their mobile devices, it would be an opportunity to have art on the floor. As they notice the floor and continue walking, each tile will be a frame of an animation. This is inspired by the Manhattan Bridge animated frames on the B,D line done by Bill Brand called Masstransiscope. 


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