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What is Alternative?: Alternative Histories Symposia

Oct 15, 2010
7–9 pm

New York, NY, USA
Exit Art

475 10th Avenue
New York, NY 10018
 

This symposia held in connection with the exhibition Alternative Histories at Exit Art will explain, expand, and expound on the history and future of alternative art spaces in New York City.

Moderator: Robert Storr, Dean of Yale School of Art and former Curator in Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art, NY (1990 – 2002

Participants: Papo Colo, Artistic Director / Co-Founder, Exit Art; Martha Wilson, Founder / Director, Franklin Furnace; Peter Cramer and Jack Waters, Former Directors of ABC No Rio, Founders / Director of Le Petit Versailles; Bridget Finn, Cleopatra's

This opening conversation amongst founders / directors of early and emerging alternative art spaces looks at the various definitions of an “alternative” space. Is alternative an accurate and appropriate word to describe its activities? What alternatives do these spaces provide, and for whom? What is the future of the alternative?

You may RSVP here.

Presenters
John Waters

John Waters is an artist honored for his prolific, candid art practice, and the storytelling he uses to convey the messages behind his work.

Martha Wilson

Martha Wilson is a pioneering feminist artist and gallery director, who over the past four decades created innovative photographic and video works that explore her female subjectivity.

Bridget Finn

Bridget Finn is co-founder/curator of Cleopatra’s, an art space based in Brooklyn which has realized over 100 projects in the past five years.