THE MUSEUM AS MEDIUM SYMPOSIUM Saturday, May 11, 2002 10am-5pm Guggenheim Museum 1071 Fifth Avenue New York City tel.(212)423-3500 www.guggenheim.org THE MUSEUM AS MEDIUM SYMPOSIUM Saturday, May 11, 2002 10am-5pm Museums in the 20th century have been shaped by the vision of contemporary artists, curators, and educators who have searched various strategies of communication with audiences. Join us for a dynamic exploration of the contemporary art museum as a tool for critical thought, dialogue, and learning. The first of this two-part international symposium took place in Mexico City on April 27; the Guggenheim Museum in New York hosts the concluding half. Both parts of this symposium examine artistic and museum practices as they relate to collecting and found objects, the museum environment, and the crossing of physical and theoretical boundaries of the art institution. Guggenheim Museum 1071 Fifth Avenue $10 general public ($7 for members, students, and seniors) (212)423-3500 http://www.guggenheim.org Keynote Speaker: Stephen Jay Gould, Author and Professor of Geology and Zoology, Harvard University Participants include: Francis Alys, artist Marco Barrera Bassols, Director, Museum of Natural History, Mexico City Norton Batkin, Director of the Graduate Program, Bard Center for Curatorial Studies Barbara Bloom, artist Nicolás Bourriaud, Co-director, Palais de Tokyo, Paris Abraham Cruzvillegas, artist Michael Fehr, Director, Karl Ernst Osthaus Museum, Hagen Pablo Helguera, Senior Education Program Manager, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, artist Christine Hill, artist Allan McCollum, artist James Putnam, Curator, Contemporary Arts and Cultures Program, British Museum, London Osvaldo Sánchez, Independent critic and curator, Mexico City Nancy Spector, Curator of Contemporary Art, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Gregory Volk, independent critic and curator, New York Fred Wilson, Artist The Museum as Medium has been organized by Pablo Helguera. Comments from the Mexico City section of the symposium include: Lynne Cooke, chief Curator, Dia Center for the Arts James Elkins, Professor, Department of Art History and Criticism, School of the Art Institute of Chicago Andrea Fraser, artist Cuauhtémoc Medina, independent critic and curator, Mexico City Muntadas, artist Cornelia Parker, artist Julian Zugazagoitia, Executive Assistant to the Director, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and others. Program: 10am Keynote Speech 11am-12:30 The Museum Environment Panelists: Barbara Bloom, Abraham Cruzvillegas, Michael Fehr, Fred Wilson Moderator: Norton Batkin 12:30-1:30 break 1:30-3:00 Redefining the Museum Practice Panelists: Marco Barrera Bassols, Allan McCollum, James Putnam, Gregory Volk Moderator: Pablo Helguera 3:00-4:30: Contesting the Museum’s Boundaries Panelists: Nicolas Bourriaud, Christine Hill, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Osvaldo Sánchez Moderator: Nancy Spector For further information please go to: http://www.guggenheim.org