On Site Specificity
Slought Foundation is pleased to announce "On Site Specificity," a public conversation with Hans Haacke and Alexander Alberro on Thursday, November 29th 2012, from 6:30-8:30pm.
This event will address the different facets of what has come to be referred to as "site specificity" in the artistic practice of Hans Haacke. While Haacke may not have originated site specificity per se, he certainly played an important historical role in its development, and his work continues to be informed by site specific questions. What is site specificity? Why might it have become such an important artistic issue in the 1960s and 70s? How has this practice changed or expanded over the years? What are some of the larger questions or problems it poses to contemporary artistic practice?
This event is presented with the Department of Fine Arts, PennDesign; Kaja Silverman, the Visual Studies Program in the Department of Art History, the Department of English and the School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania; as well as the Department of Film and Media Arts, Temple University. Special thanks: Christian Tomaszewski.
Address: Slought Foundation This event will address the different facets of what has come to be referred to as "site specificity" in the artistic practice of Hans Haacke. While Haacke may not have originated site specificity per se, he certainly played an important historical role in its development, and his work continues to be informed by site specific questions. What is site specificity? Why might it have become such an important artistic issue in the 1960s and 70s? How has this practice changed or expanded over the years? What are some of the larger questions or problems it poses to contemporary artistic practice?
This event is presented with the Department of Fine Arts, PennDesign; Kaja Silverman, the Visual Studies Program in the Department of Art History, the Department of English and the School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania; as well as the Department of Film and Media Arts, Temple University. Special thanks: Christian Tomaszewski.
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