The Creative Time Summit:
Revolutions In Public Practice 2
October 9-10, 2010
The Cooper Union Great Hall
51 Astor Place
New York, NY 10003-7132
creativetime.org
Creative Time is pleased to announce the second annual Creative Time Summit: Revolutions in Public Practice. Over 40 international artists, curators, critics, scholars, anarchists, and activists will travel from countries throughout Asia, Africa, South and Central America, Europe, the Pacific Isles, as well as from across the United States, to give concise presentations about their socially-engaged work in this two-day conference. The talks are grouped into topics including Markets, Schools, Food, Governments, and more. The second Leonore Annenberg Prize for Art and Social Change, a 25,000 USD award generously supported by the Annenberg Foundation, will be given to Rick Lowe on the opening day of The Summit. The Summit is curated by Nato Thompson.
Presenters will bring to the table a vast array of practices and methodologies that engage with the canvas of everyday life. The Creative Time Summit is meant to be an opportunity to not only uncover the tensions that such a global form of working presents, but also to provide opportunities for new coalitions and sympathetic affinities.
“We will talk and provoke,” said Creative Time Chief Curator Nato Thompson. “Although many believe that politically engaged art speaks to the choir and operates in a naïve consensus, we are aware that there are numerous forms and numerous politics. Not only are the questions of audience, engagement, resistances, legibility, and aesthetics complicated, but of course, more pressing, are the political realities they confront. The Summit offers the opportunity to hear from artists, curators, and thinkers whose work offers examples that wrestle with these concerns.”
Presenters include: Danielle Abrams, The Bruce High Quality Foundation University, Julia Bryan-Wilson, Chen Chieh-Jen (represented by Amy Cheng), Chto delat/What is to be done?, Phil Collins, Agnes Denes, Dilomprizulike, Claire Doherty, Eating in Public, FEAST, Amy Franceschini, Andrea Fraser, Regina José Galindo, Gridthiya Gaweewong, Shaun Gladwell, Sofía Hernández Chong Cuy, InCUBATE, The International Errorists, Jakob Jakobsen, Surasi Kusolwong, Dinh Q. Lê, Learning Site, Aaron Levy, Chus Martinez, Otabenga Jones & Associates, Trevor Paglen, Claire Pentecost, J. Morgan Puett, Oliver Ressler, Laurie Jo Reynolds, Scott Rigby, Bisi Silva, Mounira Al Solh, Superflex, Anton Vidokle, W.A.G.E., Eyal Weizman, Stephen Wright, and more.
For a detailed schedule, please visit www.creativetime.org/summit.
TICKETS
Tickets can be purchased from www.creativetime.org/summittickets from September 9 onwards.
ABOUT CREATIVE TIME
Creative Time’s new projects continue the organization’s 35-year-long commitment to groundbreaking, historically important artwork and fostering a culture of experimentation and change. Creative Time works with artists to push the boundaries of art-making and expand its own practice. Creative Time’s recent projects include Paul Ramírez Jonas’ Key to the City, Jeremy Deller’s Conversations About Iraq, Paul Chan’s Waiting for Godot in New Orleans, and Tribute in Light. The organization has worked with 1,400 of the world’s most dynamic artists and worked in 17 states across the nation.
SUPPORT
Project support has been provided by the Annenberg Foundation and the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund.
The Leonore Annenberg Prize for Art and Social Change is made possible by the generous support of the Annenberg Foundation.
Creative Time is funded through the generous support of corporations, foundations, government agencies, and individuals. Major programming support for 2010–11 has been provided by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and the Lambent Foundation, a project of The Tides Center. We also gratefully acknowledge public funding from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council; and the New York State Council on the Arts, celebrating 50 years of building strong, creative communities in New York State’s 62 counties. The official hotel sponsor of Creative Time is The Standard, and the official and preferred flower designer of Creative Time is Fleurs Bella. The official restaurant sponsor of Creative Time is Park Avenue.
