UMNUMN Art Department Service: Visiting Artist CommitteeFall 2009: I am the EMA area representative for the visiting artist committee, chaired by Jenny Schmid and Chris Larson. In addition to recommending and reviewing recommendations for visiting artists, my primary goal is to create an online presence for the visiting artist program to 1) coordinate organizational efforts and 2) to make the programs activities more publicly visible. The visiting artist committee's new website is here. Committee members are charged with gathering and submitting appropriate content for this site. The new Art Department website will be able to receive feeds from this site in order to make our activities visible on the primary art department website as well.
Look No Further, The Devil is in Your Palm Installation for electronics, projection and the Devil
Truce Interactive Mosquito Installation
ART 3350/5350: Kinetic SculptureSpring 2009: ART 3350/5350: Kinetic Sculpture Professors: Chris Larson, Ali Momeni This class introduces students to the diverse practices of movement and rhythm applied to sculpture. Instead of a literal translation of kinetic sculpture as sculpture that moves, we seek to deconstruct presuppositions about the limits of this practice and its history. By exploring notions of the body, movement, function, gesture and the relationship between objects in motion we will find expansive ways to collaboratively redefine this medium. For more information see the class blog and the course syllabus.
COLA 3950/5950 Art for the People/Art on WheelsSpring 2009: COLA 3950/5950 Art for the People/Art on Wheels The second season of Art on Wheels, the course that allows students to get involved with Minneapolis Art on Wheels, is here! For more information please see the class blog, and more specifically the syllabus.
Center for Urban and Regional AffairsGrant Amount$8,216
Short DescriptionA grant for the participation of two graduate students (Peter Thompson and TJ Barnes) in the Minneapolis Art on Wheels Project over the summer of 2008. Peter and TJ worked very hard on this grant and get much of the credit. SuccessfulYes
UMN CLA-OIT Infotech Small Grant for MAW Summer 2008Grant Amount$4,980
Short DescriptionRequest for funding to support two Graduate students working in collaboration with Assistant Professor Ali Momeni to develop content, form partnerships and solidify Minneapolis Art on Wheels as a tool for artistic and creative endeavors at the University and wider community. The grant is specifically intended to support our tour to the ZERO 1 New Media Biennial in San Jose, CA. SuccessfulYes
UMN Institute for Advanced Studies Research GrantGrant Amount$18,000
Short DescriptionA grant from the Institute for Advanced Studies for the research and development of a collaboration on live-drawing performance with artist Jenny Schmid. SuccessfulYes
Minnesota FuturesGrant Amount$250,000
Short DescriptionA grant from the Office of the Vice President for Research at the University of Minnesota, for the research project “Mobile Media for Everyday People: Bridging the Digital Physical Divide”; research into the function of mobile media in the public art, citizen journalism, real-time networked technologies SuccessfulYes
MAW and the I and I in a Make: Television profileMake Zine's TV component, Make: Television, decided to do a profile and me and MAW. After hours and hours of talking, filming, outing and editing, a preview has been released. The show airs on Feb. 14 2009 on public television, all across America. Here's the video....
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