Wednesday
10th December 2014 at 18h, Artisphere (artist in residence
gallery), Arlington, VA, USA
Tea
talk & About and around curating #32
Tea
talk is part of an accompanying program of LIVE/LIFE
exhibition which explores the life cycle of silk bugs through art.
The artist Elsabe Dixon is organizing every month from October 2014
till February 2015 series of Tea talks – conversations with
audience and professionals from different fields such as art,
ecology, agronomy, etc. The goal of these talks is to understand the
exhibition as a space of encounters and merging practices, as well as
possibilities to network perspectives.
Moderator:
Elsabe Dixon, visual artist, professor at George Mason University.
Participants:
Donald Russell, Karmen Wong,
Sue Wrbican, Bill Mitchell and Srđan Tunić.
Guest:
Donald Russell
Photographer,
founder of Provisions library and university curator at George Mason
University.
Foto: Elsabe Dixon and Srdjan Tunic.
Provisions
investigates the relationship between art and social change through
research, production, and education. From its library home in George
Mason University’s School of Art in Fairfax, Virginia and at sites
throughout the District, Provisions produces and supports
projects in the US Capitol Region and across the globe.
Provisions’
art and culture research explores models for a more inclusive,
equitable, and connected society.
Provisions
partners with organizations, individuals, and institutions to develop
and amplify contemporary narratives across cultures, support
grassroots modes of action, and provide open access to knowledge and
understanding of social change in its artistic and creative
dimensions. The library, public programming, and research
opportunities host artistic, intellectual, and activist endeavors
that explore the educational and social promise of contemporary
culture.
Local,
national, and international projects include exhibitions, public art,
residencies, screenings, workshops, lectures, and publications.
Participants include artists, activists, academics, students,
professionals from a variety of disciplines, and everyday people.
About and around curating / Kustosiranje
is an educational and a research programme
which deals with curatorial practice, the technologies
of preparation and realisation of independent exhibition projects,
education and support to proactive attitude of young and future art
curator. The target groups are final-year(s)
students and graduates of Arts universities (art history, visual and
applied arts, architecture, dramatic arts, etc), professionals from
the fields of arts and culture (curators, artists, managers and
entrepreneurs).
Project authors: Andrej Bereta and Srđan
Tunić, curators, art historians
