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30 April 2009 by nathaniel

Deconstructing Wikipedia

Mary Louise Schumacher pens a great piece on Wikipedia Art in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, entitled Deconstructing Wikipedia. Snippet:

Two artists staged an art intervention within Wikipedia, turning the “free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit” into an art medium.

By making a sort of readymade art object from a Wikipedia page, Nathaniel Stern, of Milwaukee, and Scott Kildall, of San Francisco, have challenged the conventions of art in a way that doesn’t happen everyday.

The wikiwar that’s erupted is not unlike the outrage inspired by Marcel Duchamp‘s urinal or Andy Warhol‘s Brillo Boxes.

“Wikipedia Art” was, to the artists’ minds, both an artwork and a legitimate Wikipedia page.

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And just for fun:

A Disclaimer

A Disclaimer

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30 April 2009 by nathaniel

NYFA Current – Art News for artists and all those who support them

Great article on new directions in the art world – written by Hrag Vartanian, as coverage of a  Jerry Saltz lecture – in NYFA.

NYFA Current – Art News for artists and all those who support them
Moneyquote:

The new art world, he conjectured, will be something we won’t recognize, and will be dominated by names that we don’t know today. This transformation may require new styles, approaches, and people rewriting the rules of art and how it is consumed. If the old art world order was controlled by the academy of insular curators and the decadent market hunger for polished trinkets, this brave new world is probably going to be something else entirely. Saltz, in his best American democratic rhetoric, seemed to advocate for an art world that embraces the plurality of the world and recognizes the importance of art beyond a financial investment. “The problem with the art market,” Saltz said returning to the Titanic metaphor “was that we were all in the same boat.” We can only hope that this future art world would probably look like a massive fleet of modest-sized ships, rather than one ill-fated luxury ocean liner.

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24 April 2009 by nathaniel

Wikipedia Art madness

You probably heard about the threat of a lawsuit from Wikimedia on Wikipedia Art by now, but just in case:

Here’s how we went public, on EFF:
Wikipedia Threatens Artists for Fair Use

Here’s the legal history on our site.

And it exploded, of course, when it got slashdotted.

I urge readers to make their own judgments via the legal history – especially the correspondence that followed their initial letter – rather than taking Wikimedia counsel at their word about the gentleness of their approach to us regarding this issue.

A few more reads on…

Ars Technica
Free Culture News
NeoSeeker
Geniosity
TechDirt

And there’s much more out there now. This piece was always meant to be formed by the public, made through writing and citation, activation and feedback. It’s turning out to be quite a performance.

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24 April 2009 by nathaniel

Distill Life

At See, Nathaniel Stern and Jessica Meuninck-Ganger, 2009 (documentation).<br />LCD Screen, Video, Sharpie Paint Marker

At Sea, Nathaniel Stern and Jessica Meuninck-Ganger, 2009 (documentation). LCD Media Player, Video, Sharpie Paint Marker

I’ve still not had much of a chance to document my latest work in video/sculpture/print objects with Jessica, but there’s a brief review of it on Susceptible to Images. I hope to have documentation text and images up in the next week or two, video the following week or two…. UPDATE: lots of great documentation, and a catalog of work!

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24 April 2009 by nathaniel

Salt Lake City Fine Arts Examiner: ASSASSINATION: Jon Coffelt, Artist Represented by AMMO and Haydn Shaughnessy Gallery and Curator

Jon Coffelt: Mayan Circuitry Fetish, 2007, duct tape on Tyvek, 51 by 51 inches.

Jon Coffelt: Mayan Circuitry Fetish, 2007, duct tape on Tyvek, 51 by 51 inches.

Jon Coffelt – friend and Wikipedia Art collaborator – in the Examiner! We love him around here, so hooray!

Salt Lake City Fine Arts Examiner: ASSASSINATION: Jon Coffelt, Artist Represented by AMMO and Haydn Shaughnessy Gallery and Curator

Coffelt, who is definitely one of the most versatile artists around New York, has been a good friend to many other artists, including myself. His vibrant and forthright personality has created an energy that has led to all types of artwork ranging from textile art to paintings executed with duct tape, which is a very common household item. As a curator, he has managed to put together various show that challenge everyday perception and enhance the public’s understanding of new art forms.

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