Pre-class Reading: Orit Gat, “Could Reading Be Looking?”, in e-flux journal, no. 72, (April, 2016).  Introduction and Syllabus review Review assignment expectations Review of the collection & identifying works of interest Share what we’ve been doing online, culturally speaking, what works & what doesn’t. Why must museums change over time? What happens when they do… Read More Introduction to Looking at Art / Coming Together Online

Readings: 1. Alpers, Svetlana. “The Museum as a Way of Seeing.” Ivan Karp and Steven D. Lavine, ed. Exhibiting Cultures. (Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1991) pp. 25-41. *Available for free online from CUNY/Baruch library and with an Archive.org account 2. Donna Haraway, “Teddy Bear Patriarchy: Taxidermy in the Garden of Eden, New York City, 1908-1936”,… Read More Museums are Institutions

Lecture: Exhibitions from A to Z 2. Breakout groups: Rhizome (Net Art institution with collection and commissions) MACBA Radio (sound art and cultures, museum radio station) Ubu web (pirated materials) Films for Isolation (queer BIPOC films to be watched at home) Artport (Whitney Museum’s adjacent Net Art gallery) A. Who is their audience? B. How… Read More Rethinking Traditional Curatorial and Art Making Approaches Online

***Copy of last week’s Powerpoint presentation*** Institutional Critique Lecture 2. Readings: Carolyn Lazard, Accessibility in the Arts: A Promise and a Practice, (New York: Recess, 2019).  Natalie Musteata, “The “I” of the Artist-Curator”, Academic Commons, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, 2018 Huey Copeland, “Out of the Well,” Fred Wilson: Black Like Me… Read More Curating and Institutional Critique

***Mid Term projects due!!!***   ***Institutional Critique Powerpoint*** 2. Andrea Fraser – Little Frank and his Carp, 2001 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3u5YV4RHA4 3. Breakout groups: Whitney Museum 99 Objects https://whitney.org/audio-guides/22?language=english&type=general&night=false&stop=1 National Portrait Gallery (Presidential Portraits): https://npg.si.edu/learn/access-programs/audio-portrait-descriptions Alevnita Kakhidze’s audio guide for Liverpool Biennial: https://soundcloud.com/be_polite_to_red_light Beyond the Uniform, Chemi Rosado-Seijo, 2020 https://www.moma.org/audio/playlist/307 A. Who is speaking here? B. Is… Read More The Audio Guide

***Checklist of works & assignees: Collection – Assignments 2. Readings: The Artist’s Reserved Rights Transfer And Sale Agreement (1971) Diana Kaur, “Seth Siegelaub´s manifesto: A discourse analysis of The Artist’s Reserved Rights Transfer and Sale Agreement” 2015 Cameron Rowland, 91020000, (New York: Artists Space, 2016) Exhibition handout. 3. ONLINE TOOLS W.A.G.E. fee calculator Looted Art  4. Additional reading… Read More Transparency: Permissions, Fees, Labor

Mid-term Exhibition Proposal due Presenting and voting Discussion of how to implement, best practices of reading, time requirements Divide up labor and works for final project Guest Speaker: Renaud Proch, Artistic director of Independent Curators International (ICI)

Work together to review ideas for the exhibition website design, discuss QR codes, WordPress and Soundcloud uploading processes, the overall narrative and the inclusion of specific works Finalize Curatorial statements Guest Speaker: Gridthiya Gaweewong, Artistic Director, Jim Thompson Art Center, Bangkok Extra reading: Colin Brooks, QR Codes: Alive and Well in the Museum? Online at… Read More Implementation Day

Presentations of final project & listening together Discuss what we can do going forward / how to publicize such projects online and later in person on campus Discuss online public panel for the fall