The Neighborhood Network Watch in Ours: Democracy in the Age of Branding
The Neighborhood Network Watch website, is going to be part of the “Ours: Democracy in the Age of Branding” group show at the The Sheila C. Johnson Design Center Parsons New School of Design in conjunction with the Vera List Center for Art and Politics. The site will be part of the web component of the show and will be on view both from the gallery and the comfort of your own home. The show is a large and quite amazing group of artists in it and I suggest if you are in New York City or have an internet connection that you definitely go see it. The information on the show and the opening is below.
“Ours: Democracy in the Age of Branding” examines the desires generated and promoted by democracy as a brand–such as choice, participation, freedom of expression, a sense of belonging, and the promise of individual success, all embodied in the notion of “liberty”–and looks at how and where these desires find fulfillment or are displaced. The exhibition also investigates both aesthetic and political systems of representation developed in response to these desires, as well as those power structures that run parallel to a democratic government.
On the eve of the U.S. presidential elections, Parsons The New School for Design, in collaboration with the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at The New School, presents an interdisciplinary exhibition investigating democracy as a global brand. Contributions by 40 participants feature online works, installations, sculptures, photography, video and film as well as panels, lectures, performances, and charrettes.
Participants: Yael Bartana, Erick Beltran, Alexis Bhagat, Paul Chan, Joseph DeLappe, Alexandra Domanovic, Sam Durant, Kota Ezawa, Andrea Geyer, Liam Gillick, Sharon Hayes, Susan Hiller, Ashley Hunt, I Approve This Message, Institute for Infinitely Small Things, Emma Kay, Komar & Melamid, Asaf Koriat, Runo Lagomarsino, Steve Lambert, Les Liens Invisibles, Ligorano/Reese, Miguel Luciano, Michael Mandiberg, Emery Martin, Aleksandra Mir, Carlos Motta, Dave Muller, Timo Nasseri, Ariel Orozco, Trevor Paglen, PETLab, Nadine, Robinson, Anri Sala, Hank Willis Thomas, Johan Tiren, Brian Tolle, Judi Werthein, Wooloo Productions, The Yes Men, and Carey Young.
Curators:
Carin Kuoni, exhibition curator
Marisa Olson, Web component curator
Bartholomew Ryan, curatorial assistant
Jakob Schillinger, curatorial assistant
October 16, 2008 – February 1, 2009
The Sheila C. Johnson Design Center
Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Gallery
Parsons The New School for Design
66 Fifth Avenue at 13th Street, New York City
Opening reception: Wednesday, October 15, 6 – 9 p.m.