The Incidental Person show at apexart, curated by Antony Hudek, ended with a roundtable discussion with Claire Bishop, Noa Latham, Julie Martin, Barbara Steveni, and Stephen Wright.

Discussed:

John Latham’s theory of art and the universe – his cosmology

The aesthetics of administration – how does this kind of collaborative work translate to a secondary audience?

The structure of the Artist Placement Group – unlike other artists and artist groups interested in working and collaborating in the public sphere the APG went straight to the top, rather than allying with grassroots interests

The APG’s emphasis on the extension of time bases – their stress on allowing a long time (over 20 years) to understand the impact of a project

The group of montreal artists “At-Work” – making work on the clock of their employer

Quote of the event: “Dramatically undertheorized” – Stephen Wright

February 18-22, 2010, Bubby’s Pie Company, 120 Hudson Street in Tribeca, NY, NY
The Pancake Placement Group (PPG) presents The Incidental Pancake, a microbial enterprise designed to collaborate with multiple hosts.  For a limited time only, The PPG will introduce their 111-year old Yukon Goldrush sourdough culture into the mix of Bubby’s pancake batter. This particular strain of sourdough developed in some of the most remote conditions in the world. In sub-zero temperatures this culture survived and sustained thousands of would-be gold miners, dreaming of striking it rich in the Klondike. Incidental Pancakes will be served as special menu items between Feb 18 – 22, 2010.  Informational pancake placement placemats will be available at both apexart and Bubby’s Pie Company. As The Incidental Pancake is consumed, so too is it’s social and cultural history in the Yukon. Please stop by for your own nibble of the living past!

The Incidental Pancake is a part of the current exhibition at apexart, The Incidental Person, curated by Antony Hudek. ThePancake Placement Group consists of Hannah Jickling and Helen Reed. Jickling and Reed practice both individually and collaboratively and are students in the Portland State University Art and Social Practice program.

For more information, please contact The Pancake Placement Group

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In undergrad, there were a few teachers that made a huge impression. For various reasons.

Some sort of traumatizing.

A teacher that left an overwhelmingly positive impression on me was Carole Itter – pictured below, as a raw egg.

Inspirational to the max!

I am reading some Rebecca Solnit right now -

An excellent read.

Solnit argues that it is a luxury to collapse into despair. She writes: “To say that everything without exception is going straight to hell is not an alternative vision but only an inversion of the mainstream’s ‘everything’s fine’.”