NOTES
URGENT & HYBRID PUBLISHING
BOBBIE VAN LEEUWEN
WEEK 01
31.08.21
- Network vs audience: You use your network; Your audience uses you
- Personal urgency versus collective urgency
- Competetive urgency: the prioritiy conflicts between perspectives, opinions, people etc.
- Difference between relevance an d importance: relevance is temporary (depending on a specific time and place) while importance is timeless?
- Urgency = afterlife; relevance+speed
- Urgency isn’t in the topic, but in how you design/communicate/publish/highlight the topic
- (Tools: Notion.so, are.ne)
WEEK 02
06.09.21
- What do we mean by (the) public today?
- Public not as generic and abstract entity, but as in a multiplicity of publics
- In the age of sharing the public has become less defined
- Post-Digital Publishing Archive
- Personal urgency is in the present (we need to do now, to make now better), collective in the future (we need to do now, to make later better)
On gatekeeping in the art world:
- https://uxdesign.cc/education-for-ux-practice-what-does-research-tell-us-1c9c608e0ed7
- When searching for gatekeeping in the art industry there is not much to find, is this on purpose? In the contrary there is an abundance of articles about diversifying the art world, when not acknowledging the structures that prohibited these improvements, is it a real change or just a cosmetic facade?
- How will highlighting the issue of gatekeeping be received by the art world?
- Who is responsible for the gatekeeping: the curator? Or the people and institutes that give curators their power/influence?
- How has the internet influenced the power of gate keepers? More and more artist are recruited through social media because of their huge followings. Is this a genuine structural improvement or an “obligated” trend?
On feminism and the villainization of angry woman:
- Is the perception on angry woman what gave feminism a bad reputation? Doesn’t that then also emphasize the importance of feminism?
- How has the image of woman changed when seen in art? (The female body from object to weapon)
- Why is it that the few times a woman is portrayed(/described) angry, it is because of the actions of a man? (Medusa, Madea…)
WEEK 03
WEEK 04
- Keywords:
- Art;
- Gatekeeping;
- Diversity;
- Museum;
- Collection;
- Power;
- System;
- Ideology;
- Representation;
- Discrimination
- Inclusive representation and systematical diversification is prevented by the gatekeeping of permanent collections of contemporary art musea which is defined by its underlying power structures, based on an ideology intertwined with discrimination.
27.09.21
28.09.21
- Who is the reader? What do I want them to do? Consume, learn, engage, collect etc.
- Maybe an idea: a book/publication that starts of very very white and becomes more colorful and “diverse” when flipping through.
Notes on The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction
- “the museum, the holy place, the area that contains what is sacred”
- “Conflict, competition, stress, struggle, etc., within the narrative conceived as carrier bag/belly/box/house/medicine bundle, may be seen as necessary elements of a whole which itself cannot be characterized either as conflict or as harmony, since its purpose is neither resolution nor stasis but continuing process.”
- “this womb of things to be and tomb of things that were”
WEEK 05
04.10.21
- Do I want to highlight the problem or find a solution?
- What is the goal: awareness, accountability, dialogue…?
- Who is my audience: museum visitors, the museum board, artists
05.10.21
- How can I start an engaging conservation/discussion about structural change within the art world concerning diversity?
- Who do I want to reach? How does my tone need to be to have an open non-judgmental talk? How will the conversation keep going?
- How can the digital and psychical elements of the publication enhance each other?
20.11.21
- “Now Child is a platform to encourage and empower people to create without boundaries or limitations. Regardless of race, gender, age, or sexuality. Through self expression, collaboration, and all things creative. We believe there is always space in the world for those who want to create with meaning and passion.”
WEEK 11
WEEK 12
22.11.21
Organisations working with/on diversity in the
art world:
- The Black Artist Fund
- The Latinas Art Foundation
- Trans Femme Arts Collective
- The Black Artist Fund
- Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art
- The Professional Organization for Women in the Arts
- ArtTable
- The Feminist Art Project
- SaveArtSpace
- Art4Equality
23.11.21
- Add the date and time when the poster was printed
- Only the h in italic to reference the hours?
29.11.21
- Kan ik de poster zo ontwerpen dat ie zowel staand als liggend werkt?
- Een vaste omslag en de inhoud is aan de bezoeker zelf om te “cureren”.
- Elk artikel apart uit te printen om zo doende ook zelf de inhoud en volgorde van de print versie te bepalen.
- Op de website per expositie uitgelichte artikelen?
WEEK 13
FINAL PROJECT
OTHER