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hi michael the conference sounds interesting and I'd love to know more about it... but Julian is not the first to note this, and in fact it is often discussed as part of the history of the show. Bruce Altschuler in his book 'The Avant-Garde in Exhibition' devotes pages to When Attitudes Become Form, and notes very clearly about the sponsorship, that "packs of cigarettes were given away at the opening" (page 254) backed up by a footnote citing 1992 interviews with Joseph Kosuth and Lawrence Weiner. yours, sarah p.s Armin, was it not also that case that Tanja's key goal was for Szeeman to see her pubic hair, groomed to be a Malevich-inspired black square on white? Once he relented and did so her art project of following him around ended? On 13 Mar 2013, at 18:01, Michael Connor wrote: > Speaking of Szeeman and transparency - Julian Myers gave a paper on > 'When Attitudes Become Form' and '9 at Castelli' at the Exhibition as > Medium conference at Harvard this past weekend, and he made a > fascinating point. > > All of the documentation from the opening of 'When Attitudes Become > Form' seems to depict artists smoking - he had plenty of great example > images - and the exhibition was in fact sponsored by Phillip Morris, > one of their first efforts in the area of art sponsorship. This is a > fact that is not usually discussed as part of the history of this > show, but somehow it seems like it's not irrelevant. > > On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 4:40 AM, Armin Medosch <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I am sure many are familiar with the performance by Serbian artist Tanja >> Ostovic at the biennale of Venice 2001. >> >> Quote Wikipedia: her performance "I'll Be Your Angel" involved her following >> around the independent curator and art historian Harald Szeemann - who had >> at his disposal a significant budget - for days, all the time simply smiling >> fondly at him.[2][7] The one-time "great subversive" Szeemann did not see >> the funny side of this, however, and made sure she was excluded from all his >> projects. >> >> best >> armin >> >> >> >> On 03/13/2013 12:14 PM, KathyRae Huffman wrote: >>> >>> There will be an exhibition on the curatorial work of Szeeman at the >>> Venice Biennale this year, The Getty Research Institute has the >>> archive, and the Prada Foundation is presenting and supporting the >>> exhibition. This will be a must-see! >>> >>> Cheers, Kathy >>> >>> On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 12:01 PM, Annick Bureaud <[log in to unmask]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> This sentence by Sarah >>>> >>>>> >>>>> I wonder if we are seeing the next stage in curatorial study -- >>>>> exhibitions devoted to the practice of curators. Can anyone name any >>>>> others? >>>>> (has the Getty mounted a show about Szeeman yet?) >>>>> >>>> is very important, I think. >>>> >>>> I was wandering what it means to have all those images of the setting >>>> up/preparation of an exhibition put online (Flikr or elsewhere) and being >>>> included in catalogs, books, etc. >>>> Transparency for whom ? Transparency of what ? >>>> Why do we want the audience to see "the kitchen" as we say in French when >>>> we >>>> (curators, artists, and everyone envolved in building a show) spend so >>>> much >>>> energy, time, money to "display" a work of art in a manner that makes >>>> sense, >>>> is respectful of the intention of the artist and that, precisely, hides >>>> the >>>> making. >>>> >>>> So, would another "next step" be an exhibition "in the making", without >>>> the >>>> works fully "set up" or with the crates, hammers and all the tools, >>>> wires, >>>> and dust also on display ? >>>> And then, what would it/should it look like ? and what would it tell ? >>>> >>>> Annick >>>> -- >>>> >>>> ------------------------ >>>> Annick Bureaud ([log in to unmask]) >>>> tel: 33/(0)1 43 20 92 23 >>>> mobile/cell : 33/(0)6 86 77 65 76 >>>> Leonardo/Olats : http://www.olats.org >>>> Web : http://www.annickbureaud.net >>>> Collectif Nunc : http://www.nunc.com >>>> ------------------------- >>> >>> >>> >>> >> > > > > -- > Michael Connor > +1 646 620 7758 ------------------------------------------------ Dr. Sarah Cook Reader MA Curating Module Leader Faculty of Arts, Design and Media University of Sunderland David Putnam Media Centre St. Peter's Campus Sunderland, SR7 0DD ex 2134 Curator for the Festival of Electronic Arts and Video, Transitio_MX05 "Biomediations", September 19-29, 2013 in Mexico City Co-editor and co-founder, The Curatorial Resource for Upstart Media Bliss, www.crumbweb.org Read our books: Euphoria & Dystopia: The Banff New Media Institute Dialogues. e-edition now available for $19.99 CAD! https://itunes.apple.com/ca/book/euphoria-dystopia/id597963828?mt=11&uo=4 Rethinking Curating: Art After New Media. http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=12071 A Brief History of Curating New Media Art, and A Brief History of Working with New Media Art. http://www.thegreenbox.net