Co-chairs: Christine Filippone and Johanna Gosse<\/p>\n
SLSA 2014<\/p>\n
Introduced into critical art discourse by Jack Burnham in 1968, systems theory was one of the most influential scientific theories for artists working in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Related to the fields of cybernetics, computer technology, automation and systems engineering, the concept of open systemsserved as a model for artists interested in making dynamic, fluid, and interactive art works. By definition, open systems, such as biological, ecological, or social systems, are characterized by a fluid exchange of matter, energy, and information. Open systems are associated with life, growth and change, qualities that took on special political and social resonance for artists seeking to resist the technocratic logic of Cold War America. An exemplary work of systems art, Hans Haacke\u2019s MoMA Poll (1970), consisted of an interactive polling station where visitors were asked to respond \u201cYes\u201d or \u201cNo\u201d by paper ballot to whether Museum of Modern Art trustee and New York gubernatorial candidate Nelson Rockefeller\u2019s support of Nixon\u2019s policies in Vietnam would influence their decision to vote for him. The poll\u2019s outcome was utterly contingent on visitor participation, and prompted a reconsideration of the supposedly \u201cneutral\u201d politics of the museum institution and of modern art in general. This panel asks about the legacy of systems theory for art since the 1960s. How might we use the concept of \u201copen systems\u201d to understand art works that were not explicitly responding to systems theory? What kinds of problems does art-as-open-system pose to the art institution or market? Does it retain its subversive potential? How do contemporary critical paradigms such as \u201crelational aesthetics\u201d or affect theory reflect the inheritance of open systems? This session examines the concept of open systems in relation to a wide range of art practices, including mail art, video art, conceptual art, computer art, Fluxus, intermedia, performance art, expanded cinema, sculpture and installation, feminist art, art and technology, land art, new media, and exhibitions. We welcome presentations by scholars, scientists, artists, and curators working on or at the intersection of art and systems.<\/p>\n
Please submit a 1-2 page, double-spaced abstract and CV to cfilippone@millersville.edu and johannagosse@gmail.com by April 25th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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