[eyedrumartcomm] Re: show theme we discussed
- From: Woody Cornwell <cornwell.woody@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "eyedrumartcomm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <eyedrumartcomm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 10:30:40 -0400
any neo Gordon Matta-Clark's out there?
On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 10:40 PM, terry coffey <terry.coffey@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> I know two people who would be amazing if they are interested...plus they
> would be excellent in an advisory
> capacity to bring into the "family"---
> Dennis Coburn and Crash Hotman both have amazing skills and an incredible
> resume of doing just that...
> transforming junk into something cool.....there was even a reality tv show
> in the works with them called the "Beasts of Invention"
> xoxo
> terry
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 10:29 PM, J Dubb <uforeal@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Karen Tauches
>> ?
>> On Jul 15, 2014 4:55 PM, "Priscilla Smith" <priscillagaysmith@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> At Sunday's meeting I mentioned Grady's desire to see an art show that
>>> looked at the building as-is as a work of art. I talked to him yesterday to
>>> try to get a better idea of what he had in mind. He didn't have anything
>>> very specific in mind, but he did say words that suggested one approach
>>> would be to commission 5 or 8 artists (Grady has offered to pay reasonable
>>> $350 or so, stipends) to come in and "do one thing" to some current aspect
>>> of the building, things like lighting or installing one of their works in
>>> that context.
>>>
>>> Here is an outline of a plan I'm suggesting. It's totally open for
>>> discussion. I haven't presented it to him, yet, wanted to get input.
>>>
>>> It has to be curated and mounted quickly, as we need to get ready for
>>> September and October.
>>>
>>> Announce the project (maybe call it "Existing Conditions", a reference
>>> to contractor-speak)
>>>
>>> Tell interested artists to make an appointment to walk through the
>>> space. I'd make make myself available for a 24- or 36-hour period.
>>>
>>> Get a one-page description of what they want to do, including time-line.
>>> Emphasize using things as-is, creating a framework or context or way of
>>> looking at the thing the artist wants to highlight more than making major
>>> changes.
>>>
>>> Jury the work. Who sits on the jury?
>>>
>>> Give a 2 or 3-day time-frame to get the work done.
>>>
>>> One weekend, provide guided tours of the exhibition.
>>>
>>> We'd ask patrons to sign a waver. Safety would be very important, tours
>>> would be by small group and guided.
>>> -----------------------
>>>
>>> PLEASE COMMENT
>>>
>>> I think this could be really neat.
>>>
>>> We need an electrician.
>>>
>>> xo
>>> p
>>>
>>
>
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