The PCC Artist in Residence will be taking a new innovative leap in the spring of 2008, under-going the first use of collective art. The artwork is worked on and constructed by a group of artists and people from different disciplines rather than from a single artist.”[Collective production of art] is looking at your environment through the eyes of a biologist, sociologist, writer and a historian,” said Caparelli. The collective of people working on the piece will vary from art students, English majors, and even a priest.
“Collectives are a big, new shift [in art],” said Professor Deena Caparelli, chair of the VAMS committee in organizing the annual spring event. “So this will be a timely presentation for us.”
The idea to make the switch to the contemporary art form was urged by Caparelli who has recreationally produced art with her husband.
Futurefarmers, a collective from San Francisco, has agreed to send members to participate in a week-long series of events designed for PCC students. Included in the series is a critical tour of the former historic Olympic sights.
The series of events will feature work shops on collective production of art and how art directly reflects culture and the world we live in now.
The group will base their piece on a topic called ‘The Reverse Ark,’ which in relation to the fictional Noah’s Ark.
“The work will be up to so much interpretation and change,” said Caparelli, “that it might be something totally different.”
Select students will be asked to volunteer in working with the collectives, but much of the plans concerning who will be selected are still being developed.
“The creativity of what will be produced,” said Caparelli, “won’t end up with what we’re used to looking at.”
The Artist in Residence program will be introduced by a two day symposium March 13 and 14 in the PCC Art Gallery.
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