Week 12: network cultures, spatial aesthetics, cultural utopianism
The article by Meg Ulman, (although it looks like it was written by Patrick Jones, it’s actually Meg Ulman) Because You’re Worth It, acted as an exploration of consumption and waste in art, critiquing In The Balance: Art For a Changing World, a show at the Museum of Contemporary Art. While the show featured works relating to environmental issues, Jones raised issues about the sustainability of the show. According to the MCA website, “The exhibition reflects the diversity of environmental debates and concerns within and beyond Australia today, and features works that address a spectrum of issues including sustainability and recycling.” The content of the artworks related to the environment, there was no action given to counter-act or explore the affect of the show itself on the environment.
Lucas Ihlein, exhibition, raises some interesting questions in an environmental audit as part of the exhibtion. “How many lights are on the third floor of the MCA where the exhibition is? How many smoke alarms? How many emails were sent by museum staff to set up the exhibition? How many phone calls made? How many pages printed? How did the artwork arrive? By car? By courier? In bubble wrap?” here's a link to his blog: http://www.environmental-audit.net/
I thought Raquel Ormella’s work, was the most interesting in the show. The idea was that you could draw a picture on a special kind of whiteboard, and if you chose to, you could print it out. There was a plaque asking people to “please think about the environment before you press print”. The roll of paper ran out in the first week. This work was more successful than others in the show because it raised issues about consumption and sustainability in a way that allowed people to interact. It made people consider what Ihlein questions about whether the ecological factors balance out if the outcome creates a cultural good.
The article by Meg Ulman, (although it looks like it was written by Patrick Jones, it’s actually Meg Ulman) Because You’re Worth It, acted as an exploration of consumption and waste in art, critiquing In The Balance: Art For a Changing World, a show at the Museum of Contemporary Art. While the show featured works relating to environmental issues, Jones raised issues about the sustainability of the show. According to the MCA website, “The exhibition reflects the diversity of environmental debates and concerns within and beyond Australia today, and features works that address a spectrum of issues including sustainability and recycling.” The content of the artworks related to the environment, there was no action given to counter-act or explore the affect of the show itself on the environment.
Lucas Ihlein, exhibition, raises some interesting questions in an environmental audit as part of the exhibtion. “How many lights are on the third floor of the MCA where the exhibition is? How many smoke alarms? How many emails were sent by museum staff to set up the exhibition? How many phone calls made? How many pages printed? How did the artwork arrive? By car? By courier? In bubble wrap?” here's a link to his blog: http://www.environmental-audit.net/
I thought Raquel Ormella’s work, was the most interesting in the show. The idea was that you could draw a picture on a special kind of whiteboard, and if you chose to, you could print it out. There was a plaque asking people to “please think about the environment before you press print”. The roll of paper ran out in the first week. This work was more successful than others in the show because it raised issues about consumption and sustainability in a way that allowed people to interact. It made people consider what Ihlein questions about whether the ecological factors balance out if the outcome creates a cultural good.
I think the idea of an environmental audit is really interesting. Maybe an environmental audit of the grad show is a good idea, at the very least to raise more awareness about these issues...
“It means his audit is not about having a final say, about reaching one definitive conclusion, but about highlighting our methods and processes, our ability to speculate and question, and our obsession with cultural objects that for too long we have prized, but not prised open.” (Meg Ulman, Because You’re Worth It)
“It means his audit is not about having a final say, about reaching one definitive conclusion, but about highlighting our methods and processes, our ability to speculate and question, and our obsession with cultural objects that for too long we have prized, but not prised open.” (Meg Ulman, Because You’re Worth It)
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