Jan 30, 2017 | Essay, From the Chair
Chaos, movement, labor, and general busyness often infer a sense of forward motion or progress. I would suggest that there is, at least in Western culture, a recognizable visuality of busyness. From the earliest days of cinema and the cinematic images created by the...
Jan 23, 2017 | Essay, From the Chair
I have been thinking a lot about failure and, in particular, contemporary art as a constant and positive field of failure. To be an artist seems to be implicitly at the edge of failure; to be pushing ideas and material toward their inevitable tipping point. Similarly,...
Dec 12, 2016 | Essay, From the Chair
The history of creative expression is linked to the history of freedom. There is a connection between the state of artistic expression and the state of democracy. I would like to put forward the notion that art schools should be the conscience of the art world…...
Dec 5, 2016 | Essay, From the Chair
I have been looking at the work of several artists recently who, in different ways, extend the idea of “gaze of the other” through various media. Under the condition of modernity the artist was a rare, strange figure. Today there is nobody who is not involved in...
Nov 28, 2016 | Essay, From the Chair
Pauline Oliveros, 1932–2016 From our vantage point as artists we are very aware of the current narratives about the push toward interdisciplinarity. From our own point of view the desire to interact with other art forms enables collaboration with those in other areas...
Nov 21, 2016 | From the Chair
I am writing to all members of the department and beyond together to address recent shifts in the culture both at large and in our department, as a community. I have been waiting for a lull in the post-election conversation to write to you all, however, unfortunately,...
