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"This symposium focuses on the centrality of human participation in contemporary art practice. It seeks to engage with the ethics, the aesthetics, and the politics of community-based and collaborative art.
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This symposium aims to critically address questions posed by cultural historians and critics concerning the implications in collaborative art projects. Such questions include: How does active participation influence aesthetics? Does collaborative art practice, with its social interactions, shared assumptions and invisible rules, push or hinder the limits of relationality? How does the integration of human participation impact upon works of art? How has the proliferation of outdoor art festivals such as Nuit Blanche in Paris, Montreal, and Toronto permanently affected the way contemporary artists produce work? How has the response to such large-scale exhibitions influenced art practice? How has public or private art funding reflected this increased interest in accessible art? Do such art practices allow for the empowerment of communities and participants? How might the inclusion of community-based projects in institutions like museums, cinemas, and concert halls impact their criticality?
Presentations that touch upon questions relating to community and collaborative art practice in the following sub-themes are encouraged:
* artist collaborations and interventionist works
* authorship and cultural property
* developments in Relational Aesthetics
* legalities of human participation
* theories of time, space, and place
* embodiment and performance studies
* activism and social welfare
* the politics of inclusion
* accessibility issues"
Encounters in the Socialverse: Community and Collaborative Art Practices
The 9th Annual Art History Graduate Student Association Symposium
Symposium Date: March 6, 2009
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