Vita Brevis : history, landscape, and art, 1998-2003 / Jill Medvedow and Carole Anne Meehan ; with contributions by Jessica Morgan ... [et al.]
By: Medvedow, Jill
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Contributor(s): Meehan, Carole Anne | Morgan, Jessica | Institute of Contemporary Art (Boston, Mass.).
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BookPublisher: Boston : Göttingen : Institute of Contemporary Art ; Steidl Publishers, 2004Description: 103 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.ISBN: 3882438169.Subject(s): Institute of Contemporary Art (Boston, Mass.) | Public art -- Massachusetts -- Boston | Environment (Art) -- Massachusetts -- BostonDDC classification: 709.04 MED | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Lending | 709.04 MED (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00196655 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Vita Brevis was established in 1998 to broaden the reach of The Institute for Contemporary Art, Boston (ICA), adding relevance and visibility to adventurous present-day art. The program commissions artists from around the world to create temporary works of public art in response to Boston's rich landscape and history. Unusual and challenging settings are used for these projects--public parks, urban wilds, historic sites, roadways, riverbanks and more--resulting in works that encourage people to experience Boston's environs and multifaceted history with renewed understanding and focus. Participating artists include Olafur Eliasson, Cornelia Parker, Krzysztof Wodiczko, Ann Carlson, Nari Ward, Jim Hodges and others. ICA/Vita Brevis 1998-2003: History, Landscape and Art documents the program's first five projects.
Contours and context : five years of Vita Brevis / Jill Medvedow -- Vita Brevis in Tempore contrario / Paul Tucker -- Park setting time / John Stilgoe -- Interviews with artists / by Carole Anne Meehan -- Let freedom ring : the inaugural ICA/Vita Brevis project, September 1998. Here we are / Jim Hodges ; S.S. / Mildred Howard ; Colonnade / Barbara Steinman ; Bunker Hill monument projection / Krzysztof Wodiczko -- Shimon Attie : an unusually bad lot : the 2nd annual ICA/Vita Brevis project, December 1999 -- Art on the Emerald necklace : the 3rd annual ICA/Vita Brevis project, Summer 2000. Emanations / James Boorstein ; Any day now / Ann Carlson ; Meanderlink / Ellen Driscoll ; Moving water / Barnaby Evans ; Common pleasures : Parkway / Sheila Kennedy, Frano Violich ; At the bottom of this lake / Cornelia Parker ; Beautiful necessity : hugging post / Nari Ward -- Olafur Eliasson : The young land : the 4th annual ICA/Vita Brevis project, Summer 2001 -- Ann Carlson and Mary Ellen Strom : Remedy : the 5th annual ICA/Vita Brevis project, May 2003 -- Artists' biographies / Emily Moore.
Presented by Pat Mortell.