Interventionist Art

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Interventionist Art

Lord Napier in red tape, 2004 by Eleonora Aguiarihttp://paperfigspage.blogspot.com/2007/07/eleonora-aguiari-lord-napier-wrapped-in.html

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Can an artistic intervention truly bring about an unforeseen way ofthinking, or it is more a matter of creating a sensation of"meaninglessness" that shows the absurdity of the situation?

Can an artistic intervention translate social tensions into narrativesthat in turn intervene in the imaginarylandscape of a place?

Can an absurd actprovoke a transgression that makes you abandonthe standard assumptions on the sources of conflict?

Can those kinds of artistic actsbring about the possibility ofchange?

In any case, how canart remain politically significant withoutassuming a doctrinal standpoint or aspiring to become socialactivism?

For the moment,I am exploring the following axiom:Sometimes doing something poetic can become political andsometimes doing something political can become poetic.

Francis-Alys


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definition

Interventionist art:

action carried out to call to attention or critique

a topic, place, issue

takes place in public space, private spaces happens as legal or authorized actions

happens as illegal or unauthorized actions


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definition


has a long history dating back to Dada,

Futurists, Surrealists

its been embraced by artists who followedincluding Situationists, Fluxus, Post Modernists

and post-post modernists now happens on the web

(hacking) as well as in physical public spaces


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can be humorous, using absurdity and the

surprise to create impact.

can be serious and sometimes dangerous oreven life-threatening.

Although we are focusing on art related

interventionist actions, intervention is useda lot in political arenas to demonstrate in

support or against public policies, circumstances

or events.


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examples

history dating back to Dada, Futurists, Surrealists:

DADA

Marcel Duchamp - Readymades

Dada was principally a matter of questioning the artist's behavior as people envisaged it."

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Duchamp and Readymades, 1913


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duchamp

Ordinary objects placed within an unordinary setting: toliets, bottle racks, bicycle wheels signed

and placed within the formally structured context of a gallery.

Move from retinal art, that which speaks to the eyes.




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Caberet voltaire

Sidenote: Caberet Voltaire

http://www.cabaretvoltaire.ch/about/english.php



Caberet in Switzerland that opened in 1915, just after the beginning

Of World War 1.

Many artists, writers, performers fled to Switzerland, a neutral country,To escape the onslaught on the war.

Caberet Voltaire opened by Hugo Ball, Emma Hemmings and others

and became a popular place for performances, spoken word & plays.

The spirit of the cabaret was anarchism - open critique of events of the day.
http://www.cabaretvoltaire.ch/about/english.phphttp://www.cabaretvoltaire.ch/about/english.phphttp://www.cabaretvoltaire.ch/about/english.phphttp://www.cabaretvoltaire.ch/about/english.phphttp://www.cabaretvoltaire.ch/about/english.phphttp://www.cabaretvoltaire.ch/about/english.phphttp://www.cabaretvoltaire.ch/about/english.php


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FUTURISTS


Futurists:

Began in Italy in 1909 by an Italian writer by the name ofFilippo Tommaso

Marinetti

.Futurist Manifesto which condemned anything past, and stressedA view to the future and its innovations and promises:

Museums, cemeteries! We want no part of it, the pastWe

are the young and strong Futurists!"

The Futurists praised war as a means by which to cleanse society of the old

and create a tabla rasa (clean slate)

Futurists worked in every medium including painting, sculpture, ceramics,

Text, design, architecture, literature, music, food, film fashion, theatre

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Aerial Mission by Tato, 1930
http://www.cscs.umich.edu/~crshalizi/T4PM/futurist-manifesto.htmlhttp://www.cscs.umich.edu/~crshalizi/T4PM/futurist-manifesto.html


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FUTURISTS


Futurists:

Luigi Russolo - Noise Manifesto/The Art of Noise


http://120years.net/machines/futurist/art_of_noise.htmlhttp://120years.net/machines/futurist/art_of_noise.html


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Surrealists


Surrealists:

Emerged around 1925, following the Dadaist

Experiments and interventions in images, processes and observations

within the landscape (rethinking and reimagining space)

Work across disciplines - painting, photography, film, drawing, literature

One group viewed the movement as producing work with philosophical and psychological

impact.

Others, like Andre Breton, consider Surrealism as a movement that created real

political changes.

Andre Breton: "simplest Surrealist act is an act of random assassination

To those who urge us, whether for today or for tomorrow, to consent that art

should submit to a discipline which we hold to be radically incompatible with its nature,

we give a flat refusal and we repeat our deliberate intention of standing by the formula

complete freedom for art.

From MANIFESTO: TOWARDS A FREE REVOLUTIONARY ART

This manifesto was written by Andre Breton and Leon Trotsky in Mexico in the late 1930s.Diego Rivera was a co-signatory.
http://www.geocities.com/youth4sa/art.htmlhttp://www.geocities.com/youth4sa/art.html


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Surrealists


Surrealists:

errance - the desire to be led astray

walking with a camera. Taking a picture when an alarm goes off.



From Sophie Calles Suite Vnitienne
http://www.whitecube.com/exhibitions/suitevenitienne/http://www.whitecube.com/exhibitions/suitevenitienne/http://www.whitecube.com/exhibitions/suitevenitienne/


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wodPUBLIC VEHICLES


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wod


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wod


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HOMELESS VEHICLES

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HOMELESS VEHICLES


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PROJECTIONS

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LARGE SCALE PUBLIC PROJECTIONS
http://www.art-for-a-change.com/Krzysztof/krzy.htmhttp://www.art-for-a-change.com/Krzysztof/krzy.htm


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Washington square park


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Track the Trackers - gps, surveillance, public space
http://www.t-t-trackers.net/index.php?inc=englishhttp://www.t-t-trackers.net/index.php?inc=english


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From Sophie Calles Suite Vnitienne


http://www.whitecube.com/exhibitions/suitevenitienne/http://www.whitecube.com/exhibitions/suitevenitienne/http://www.whitecube.com/exhibitions/suitevenitienne/


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Vito Acconci, Following

acconci
http://www.mediaartnet.org/works/following-piece/http://www.mediaartnet.org/works/following-piece/http://www.mediaartnet.org/works/following-piece/http://www.mediaartnet.org/works/following-piece/


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City system by Lee Walton

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Sarah Lewison



World Heritage Beer Garden, .Lijiang Studio Residency
http://carbonfarm.us/KATALOG/picnic/home.htmlhttp://carbonfarm.us/KATALOG/picnic/home.htmlhttp://carbonfarm.us/KATALOG/picnic/home.html


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Mark Brest van Kempen



C.1700
http://www.greenmuseum.org/content/artist_index/artist_id-51.htmlhttp://www.greenmuseum.org/content/artist_index/artist_id-51.htmlhttp://www.greenmuseum.org/content/artist_index/artist_id-51.html


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Anna Banana

futurist performances

banana Olympics

mail art



Anna banana
http://mypage.uniserve.ca/~a_banana/http://mypage.uniserve.ca/~a_banana/act_art.htmlhttp://www.ccca.ca/artists/artist_work.html?languagePref=en&link_id=62&artist=Anna+Bananahttp://www.spareroom.org/mailart/mis_3.htmlhttp://www.spareroom.org/mailart/mis_3.htmlhttp://www.ccca.ca/artists/artist_work.html?languagePref=en&link_id=62&artist=Anna+Bananahttp://www.ccca.ca/artists/artist_work.html?languagePref=en&link_id=62&artist=Anna+Bananahttp://mypage.uniserve.ca/~a_banana/act_art.htmlhttp://mypage.uniserve.ca/~a_banana/


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Degrees of confluence project

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http://confluence.org/http://confluence.org/


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Jenny Holtzer




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Jenny Holtzer

Projections

Truisms

adaweb

truisms

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Jenny Holtzer

Projections

Truisms

adaweb

truisms


http://www.jennyholzer.com/http://mfx.dasburo.com/art/truisms.htmlhttp://adaweb.com/project/holzer/cgi/pcb.cgihttp://adaweb.com/project/holzer/cgi/pcb.cgihttp://mfx.dasburo.com/art/truisms.htmlhttp://www.jennyholzer.com/


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Critical art ensemble
http://www.critical-art.net/http://www.critical-art.net/


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Improv everywhere Grand central station

High 5

pillow fight club

Flash mobs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwMj3PJDxuohttp://improveverywhere.com/http://www.pillowfightclub.org/http://www.pillowfightclub.org/http://improveverywhere.com/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwMj3PJDxuo


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Monument intervention

A unique first at SFSU/CIA


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Interventionist art/tactical media are actions that raise

questions about existing spaces, issues, topics, artworkspublic assumptions. The actions can be web-based

(hacking), performance (actions in public spaces),

written (published manifestos).

Interventions can be authorized or illegal.


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Interventionist Art

Documents