FIELD TRIP Metropolitan Museum of Art
Looking In: Robert Frank's The Americans September 22, 2009–January 3, 2010

Think about when Robert Frank's images were made. What was their meaning then? How does their meaning change today? Try to spend some time exploring other parts of the museum. How does this space and collection differ/compare to other venues we've visited this semester?

FIELD TRIP #3

Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn - $6 for students with ID
Reflections on the Electric Mirror: New Feminist Video May 1, 2009–January 10, 2010
What are some of the themes that run through this exhibit? What is the history of video as an art form? How does it relate and differ from other creative mediums? Think about the relationship between video art and television. What about the title of the exhibition - how do these artists treat video like a mirror? What issues does this strategy help them to explore?

What the work of art looks like isn't too important.
- Sol LeWitt

It's week 2 in Software Design and Society and we're reading about software and drawing by Casey Reas. The article draws parallels between LeWitt's instructions for wall drawings and contemporary works of software art.

Here's a list of links/resources about LeWitt's work:

• Sentences on Conceptual Art by Sol LeWitt
• A Wall Drawing Retrospective at Mass MOCA
• DIY Sol LeWitt
• National Gallery of Art
• NPR's All Things Considered on LeWitt
• Sol LeWitt's Wikipedia Page

Other links about conceptual art, fluxus and instructional artworks:

• Grapefruit by Yoko Ono
• Selected Instruction Pieces by Yoko Ono
• 100(11) Instruction Works by Kanarinka
• The Fluxus Performance Workbook
• Fluxus Portal - history, archive, & news about Fluxus art
• blog post about Instructional Art
• a definition of Conceptual Art
• one definition of fluxus art
• one article about Fluxus
• Do IT at e-flux
• Life in Fluxus by Arthur Danto
• Programming for Dummies

Field trip #2:

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New Museum
Emory Douglas: Black Panther July 22, 2009 - October 18, 2009
235 Bowery, just south of Houston Street – student admission $8.00
Spend most of your time examining the exhibition on the second floor: “Emory Douglas: Black Panther.” Consider how the work being exhibited wan intended to achieve political objectives and social change. Are you familiar with any comparable publications today? What would be today’s equivalent to these publications?

Very Concerned, Somewhat concerned, Not at All Concerned, wood, paint, 4"x12"x50"

Artist Joshua Callaghan makes sculptures of classic data sets.

What can I say? I've got a soft spot for art projects that incorporate pelican cases.

I don't know if it is what I would have chosen to draw, but artist Erik Nordenankar claims to have made the biggest drawing in the world using a GPS device and the services of DHL.

Crew 65 Mission Patch

I'm off to Mars for a 2-week crew rotation.

I'll be posting updates at http://walden5.com and you can also follow daily field reports on the Mars Desert Research Station website [I'm in crew 65].