References for artists from today's reading

Robert Smithson
Website for the artist's estate.
Video and description of the 1969 work "Asphalt Rundown."

Daniel Buren
The artist's website.

Mierle Laderman Ukeles
From the Ronald Feldman Gallery.
2009 interview in Art in America magazine.

David Ward
From Modus Operandi, a description of Nocturne and the larger public art program of which it it was a part.
From Axis, another description of the "Lighting Up Queens Street" project.
From World News, a short video clip of Nocturne. (See right hand column.)
From ACT, images and short descriptions of some of his other site-specific works.

Carl Michael von Hausswolf
The artist's website.
Touch Music, the record label that produces his sound work.
Video of the artist discussing his work and process.

Melanie Counsell
Artforum article on the artist.
Information and documentation from a gallery installation.

Anya Gallaccio
Yes, she has a wikipedia page.
From Lehmann Maupin Gallery.
A short description of the artist and her work from the Tate Museum.

Phyllida Barlow
Interview in Frieze Magazine.
Short piece from The Guardian newspaper.
Installation images from the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art.

Sejla Kameric
The artist's website.
A short video of an installation at the Biennale of Sydney.
Bio and description of some of the artist's works.

Vong Phaophanit and Claire Oboussier
The artists' website.
Yes, they have a wikipedia page. 
Documentary video on Vong Phaophanit.

Layla Curtis
The artist's website.
Documentation and images of the artist's work at the Maproom.

Upcoming Events

DIGITAL NATURE: AN EVENING OF MULTIMEDIA ARTS
Thursday, Sept. 23
7–10 p.m.
Gates Hall and Mitchell Hall
Denver Botanic Gardens at York Street
The Gardens’ annual Digital Nature event explores the intersection of the digital and natural worlds in the context of themes from this year’s Henry Moore exhibit. Using the latest in sound, video and interactive technology, digital artists and musicians will present works inspired by the forms (both natural and human) that informed Henry Moore’s work. Enjoy this juried show in a lounge atmosphere with snacks, bar and spaces to mingle, listen to music and participate in interactive art. Come early to enjoy the fall splendor of the Gardens. Doors open at 6 p.m.; music starts at 7 p.m.
Cost: $8 member, $10 non-member.

THE BIG FEED is an annual event and action held by M12. It is a celebration of the regional landscape, experimental art and architecture, music, culture and community. It is a forum to connect community members and artists in a casual atmosphere, as well as an opportunity for the larger public to learn more about the groundbreaking work presented by the attending community members, artists, critics, and curators.

Public Art - one take

"Public Art is an interdisciplinary practice, one that refuses to settle as simply art or design. If design can be considered a form of practice that is usually conducted in response to a brief or a set of requirements, and if fine art is defined by its independence from such controls, then public art, in drawing on both approaches, can construct a series of differing responses to sites, forming a continuum of practice located between art and design. If designers are expected to provide solutions to problems, albeit creative ones within a given set of parameters, and artists are encouraged to rethink the terms of engagement, then public art practice, by operating in a place between them, is well positioned to address the procedures of both art and architecture."

--Jane Rendell, Critical Spatial Practice

S-SD class at the installation of Albedo

poking out of the parking structure...

Crew working on installation of Albedo.

Osman talking with students.

Looking up from the lower level.

Osman Akan

Osman Akan will give a presentation of his work in class on Thursday, September 16.  He is currently in Denver for the installation of his public art commission Albedo at the Denver Botanic Gardens. 

You can see images of the fabrication of his work here:  flicker_set_demiurge

And here are a few images from the installation:

From his website:
Osman Akan was born on the Black Sea coast of Turkey. He has lived and worked in the United States since 1995. He received an MFA in Critical Studies and Integrated Media from California Institute of the Arts in 1998. Trained as a new media artist, Akan has been producing audio and video installations since 1997. In 2002, he started making prints of 3D modeled “virtual” sculptures. His growing interest in the tangibility of sculptural works in relation to virtual landscapes led to working with optical fibers in 2005. He installed his first large fiber optics work in 2006 in Franconia Sculpture Park. In 2007, Akan received a New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) Individual Artist’s Grant to enable the realization of “The Third Bridge,” a commission for the 40th year celebrations of Arts in the NYC Parks. Akan received a site specific commission from Denver Office of Cultural Affairs in 2009 to install a large-scale permanent sculpture in the entrance atrium of the Denver Botanic Gardens. A professor of advanced computer graphics, Akan lives in Brooklyn, New York.