Vita Brevis: History, Landscape, And Art 1998-2003

by Stilgoe, John

• ISBN13: 9783882438161
• ISBN10: 3882438169
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-02-07
• Publisher: Distributed Art Pub Inc

Summary

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 Artdocuments the program's first five projects.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 7
Contours and context : five years of Vita Brevis	p. 9
Vita Brevis in tempore contrario	p. 17
Park setting time	p. 23
Interviews with artists
Jim Hodges : here we are	p. 30
Mildred Howard : S.S.	p. 34
Barbara Steinman : colonnade	p. 38
Krzysztof Wodiczko : Bunker Hill monument projection	p. 42
Shimon Attie : an unusually bad lot
James Boorstein : emanations	p. 54
Ann Carlson : any day now	p. 58
Ellen Driscoll : meanderlink	p. 62
Barnaby Evans : moving Walter	p. 66
Sheila Kennedy, Frano Violich, common pleasures : parkway	p. 70
Cornelia Parker : at the bottom of this lake	p. 74
Nari Ward, beautiful necessity : hugging post	p. 78
Olafur Eliasson : the young land
Ann Carlson and Mary Ellen strom : remedy
Artists' biographies	p. 96
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