An exploration of sculpture’s relationship to landscape and the body as viewed through the lens of the artist-traveler.


Our workshop will examine the notion of travel through such examples as Baudelaire’s flâneur, the Situationists’ theory of Psychogeography, and artists ranging from Robert Smithson and Richard Long, to Francis Alys and Olaf Breuning. We will conduct a series of exercises, expeditions, and missions including the creation of livable shelter-sculptures to inhabit on a weekend camping trip in the Scottish Highlands. Bedouin tents, arctic research stations, camper vans, Hoovervilles, hunting blinds, and interplanetary spacecraft serve as our inspirational points of departure...


Participants:

Matt King (Instructor), Andrew Cobb, Zoe Golden, Rebecca Henderson, Elise Isom, Mitchell Petersen, Cameron Robinson, Andrew Schmidt, Emily Stokes


The Glasgow Artists and Writers Workshop

Virginia Commonwealth University

Glasgow, Scotland, June 22nd - July 23rd, 2010

Friday, June 25, 2010

Swoon - "Swimming Cities of Switchback Sea"


Swoon is a street artist who has taken part in several flotilla projects. This particular one is down the Hudson River from Troy to New York. I guess she's from New York? I was mistaken cuz I thought she was European... Anyway. Here is an article/interview referring to the project. I think reading this could be very helpful because it talks about some of the same things we might have to consider with our projects.

http://gothamist.com/2008/09/03/swoon_artist.php
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