The rules are simple: using a pen and paper ballot, the player uses his or her imagination
to decide what's in the box. The only information provided by the hosts is that there is
art in the box, and that the player's effort will help determine what it is. Once the player
has written down his or her decision, (s)he proceeds to put the paper ballot into the box.
Every player's decision is a guess that counts as a vote that will elect the work of art
produced as the answer to what's in the box. There are no bad or 'wrong' guesses.
The collected ballots at each location will be compiled and analyzed both within the
entire set of answers from all events, and separately as a local subset of answers.
Construction of the final answer (the 'artwork') is contingent upon the results of the data
once analyzed; the artwork will be produced according to frequency of answers, as best
interpreted by the artists involved in the project and panel members selected by the
artists. For example, if more players guess that the there is a statue inside the box than a
painting, greater weight will be placed on statue when realizing the artwork. Each player
will have the chance to receive a printout of the data analysis, concluding statements, and
specially made art-works for their participation.
David Horvitz is an artist from the Los Angeles area, currently residing in Brooklyn and studying photography at the Milton Avery School at Bard College. His work finds thoughtful ways to contemplate time and distance, and unconventional methods to distribute and exhibit art.
Lukas Geronimas is an artist from Toronto, who has lived and worked in Vancouver, Tokyo, and New York. His art questions object-hood as a stable state in art, and how artistic narrative can move outside the context of art and into the community-at-large. He is currently studying sculpture at the Milton Avery School at Bard.
Renata Christen is an arts administrator from Brattleboro, VT who enjoys recontextualizing print media. Her current interests include homesteading, the ethics of technology, and uniting theory with practice. She is acting as press liaison for the Box Game.
The Black Hole Space is a portable exhibition space resembling a pedestal, constructed by Joshua Clayton and run by curator Terri C. Smith. Artists are invited to submit proposals for the Black Hole Space and evaluated based on the quality and creativity of
their proposal.
The Madiman Arts Interaction Center is a pilot residency program promoting artists who bring research out of the university and to the general public. The program takes place against the backdrop of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.
| Date : | samedi 21 mars 2009 |
| Heure : | 19:00 - 22:00 |
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| Adresse : | 102-148 Alexander Street |
| Ville : | Vancouver, BC |
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| Téléphone : | 6046816740 |
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Frances Bagley’s new work engages the viewer with an alluring and provocative layering of mixed-media, fantastically depicting abstract narratives.
