Resources for Assignment #3: Creating RADICALLY
ARTIST EXAMPLES
Cannupa Hanska Luger https://art21.org/watch/art-in-the-twenty-first-century/s11/cannupa-hanska-luger-in-friends-strangers Links to an external site.
Andrea Zittel https://art21.org/artist/andrea-zittel
Rirkrit Tiravanija https://www.frieze.com/article/rirkrit-tiravanija-profile-238 Links to an external site.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xRx2s3FpSg
Links to an external site.
Theaster Gates https://www.theastergates.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQEihxIlGOY
Links to an external site.
Michael Rakowitz http://www.michaelrakowitz.com/
Cecilia Vicuña http://www.ceciliavicuna.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQfvdV3_GJ0
Links to an external site.
Natalie Jeremijenko https://tedxsydney.com/talk/radical-design-for-environmental-health-natalie-jeremijenko Links to an external site.
Lily Hope https://www.lilyhope.com/
Piotr Szyhalsky https://wam.umn.edu/2022/07/27/szyhalski_wawatt Links to an external site.
Mediamatic https://www.mediamatic.net/ Links to an external site.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVOyz4URMcc Links to an external site.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liE_dCeRfsM Links to an external site.
Paolo Soleri - Arcosanti Links to an external site.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQGT6_8e3Jw&t=61s
Links to an external site.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VICOY_CVaHs
Links to an external site.
Design Ideas
https://www.dezeen.com Links to an external site.
e.g. see chair made out of wool: https://www.dezeen.com/2023/11/10/solidwool-chair-seat-wool-sheep-fleece Links to an external site.
Hunter-Gatherer Scavenger Opportunities:
Seattle ReCreative (recycled art materials, including fabrics and yarn, very cheap)
8408 Greenwood Ave N, Seattle, WA 98103
Goodwill on the Ave, U District (everything from used clothes to house ware)
4552 University Way NE, Seattle, WA 98105
Second Use and Earthwise Salvage, SODO (reclaimed materials from building demolition)
3223 6th Ave S, Seattle, WA 98134 and 3447 4th Ave S, Seattle, WA 98134
UW Surplus (anything and everything from furniture to tech parts, home goods and wearables)
Plant Services Building 4515 25th Ave NE
https://facilities.uw.edu/uw-surplus/store
KEY IDEAS
Speculative design Links to an external site., speculative futures Links to an external site.
Art as a socially engaged practice Links to an external site., Relational Aesthetics Links to an external site.
Probable, possible, and plausible futures (Alternative futures)
Artist's role as a bridge builder and/or interruptor (e.g. "giving people a chance to stop and pause") - R. Tiravanija
"Seeing is forgetting the name of the thing one sees Links to an external site." Robert Irwin
"Navigating the detritus" of commercial culture - C. Hanska Luger
Human (indigenous) actors are "being an extension of the land"/belonging to the land - C. Hanska Luger
What is the ecosystem of support around your making?
"Frontier mentality": figuring out things from scratch - A. Zittel
The probable: "Seeing not just the thing in front of me but the potential." - T. Gates
Collectivity of many voices - T. Gates
Precarious art (art that is ephemeral, "alive in and with history" - C. Vicuña