The Visual Studies Studio of the GVSU Department of Art and Design, in association with the DAAC and UICA, present a series of events with Visiting Artist Marc Fischer. Marc Fischer is a member of the group Temporary Services. He is also the administrator of the project Public Collectors. With Temporary Services, Fischer was a co-founder of Mess Hall, an experimental cultural center in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago. To date Temporary Services has produced 88 publications.
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Associate Professor Paul Wittenbraker, GVSU Department of Art &
Design, at (616) 331-3578.
ARTIST TALK:MARC FISCHER
Thursday, February 4, at 5
p.m.
Padnos Student Gallery, Calder Art Center,
Grand
Valley State University, Allendale Campus
EXHIBIT: ART WORK: A National Conversation About Art, Labor, and
Economics,
on display at the Urban Institute for Contemporary
Arts, 41 Sheldon Blvd. Grand Rapids, attached to the (S)Edition:
Prints as Activism exhibit. The exhibit will run from February 5 to
March 5. An opening reception with the artist will be held on February
5, from 6-9 p.m.
ART WORK is a project of Temporary Services initiated at Spaces
(similar to UICA) in Cleveland. Art Work is a newspaper and
accompanying website that consists of writings and images from
artists, activists, writers, critics, and others on the topic of
working within depressed economies and how that impacts artistic
process, compensation and artistic property. The newspaper will be on
display and free copies available to visitors. Grand Rapids is one of
many cities displaying and distributing the newspaper and hosting a
discussion.
ART WORK: LOCAL GRAND RAPIDS DISCUSSION
Friday, February
5th, 3-5 p.m.
Division Avenue Arts Collective
115 S.
Division, Grand Rapids
Marc Fischer of Temporary Services will join members of the
local arts community in discussion of issues addressed in the ART WORK
project. What are the global and local implications? An overview of
ideas put forth in the project will be discussed. An analysis of local
context and possibilities for how future cultural practice might be
economically organized. Artists and others interested in cultural
development should come with insights and ideas.
