Postcard Series:ProjectForgive.org Artist:Yvette DubelThought I would share some thoughtful insight on alternatives and the evolution of institutional critique...
"But again, how do we as an audience register, and participate in, the exploration of institutional site? In Los Angeles, the small storefront Machine Project offers an extraordinary example of “ideological insertion.” A performance and installation space that investigates art, technology, natural history, science, music, literature, and food, Machine’s enterprise relies on “hands-on engagement” to make rarefied knowledge accessible. Recently, the Hammer in Los Angeles invited Machine to create a new kind of interactive museum, and last November, Machine was invited to visit the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, “orchestrating ten hours of performances, workshops, and events experimenting with LACMA’s expansive grounds and enormous collection of stuff.” If the practice of institutional critique reflected critically on its own place within galleries and museums and on the concept and social function of art itself, Machine has leapt into this territory, but, instead of merely unmasking the “institutional membrane,” invites us to experience the institution anew."
Re-Source: http://blog.art21.org/2010/04/30/some-alternatives-to-institutional-critique-2/Some Alternatives to Institutional Critique, Laura Fried. (Art21 blog, April 30th, 2010).
