Sitting in, listening to those art folk talk...

On a beautiful stinking hot spring day, one that makes cheeks rosey and pits sweaty, I chose to attend the well air conditioned Philip Carter Family auditorium for a panel discussion on *ehhhm* "Contemporary art practices in the public realm".

Here are my notes. No pictures. Just. Pure. Unadulterated. Notes.

These are UNCENSORED. Wow. Here we go...
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Daniel Cross. Callum Morton. Tina Barton. Fulya Erdemci. Danae Mossman. Tom van Gestel.

Contemporary Art Practice in the Public Realm.

Art Monument. Why Public Art now? *doodle of a flower*

- Art has become an economy.
- Communication quicker.
- Curiosity. Fast develpoment.
- Energy.

- Shift in art practice.
- Participatory.
- Artists can facilitate 'activities' and provide a vibrant image to a city.

Professionalisation of the art world.

Artists making opportunities. *flower doodle*

"Here's my hand- bite it" -Justin Paton

"Ephemeral is the new black" -Callum Morton *flower doodle*

Objects in permanence- One Day Sculpture...why?

- Not making permanent works in the space- why?

- Audience as participant for duration of work.

Role of the spectator.
Activates- Impact in subtle ways show how we perceive a city.

Clare Doherty.

Notion of public sculpture- operating in a broader way (site, engagement, "after life of documentation")

Documentation: how to use it?
- Permanence "Create new stories through means of art"- Tom V. G

Scape- across a continuum of 2 years instead of 3 months?

Process: research exhibition.

"Aesthetic Surgery" -Fulya

"Marking- opening up for discussion" -Fulya

"Intervine directly with life" -Fulya

"For me, Idealism exists...reintroduce Idealism" -Fulya

Interventions. Sound- "eminates and moves with its surroundings" -Tina *doodles of butterflies*

Butterfly Effect (edit- no shit, i doodled butterflies *before* she said this)

"Suddenly, society was unpacked"

E.g. Karin Sander's map work
- Deconstruct- taking perception of the gallery outside of the four walls.
- Not a dissapearing work- TRANsGRESSES the conceptual.
- Most solid work in the exhibition. A physical work- although representation is abstract.

Callum's work
- Changing the form of architecture.
- Leave interpretation open.
- "Monumental Invisibility"
- Audience- could be one person coming across it.
- Moment of misrecognition.
- "Collision Effect"

The BEFORE LIFE of an artwork. Unveils the process, the convensions (many levels- beurocracy, social). Before life- research. After life- work itself.

CREATIVE MISUNDERSTANDING. Misunderstand.

"very good failure"

"to explain what it is shuts it down"

"to write something is just intervention"

How do you get an institute to understand a work without giving them eveything?

"wanted to create a rumor"

The business of the biennial- "in the process- we lost a lot of blood"

"Jar of beans- depends where you are in the jar- near the front, near the inside..."

"Artists taking risks is consumed dinner party chat" -Callum

"If artists gave initiative themselves?"

"globalisation of economy- of art"

The influence of the budget on decision making...

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And thats all I got. Interesting? Probably not, reading the notes.

And in other news, was checking out Callum Morton's work down on Cashel street. When we arrived he was fixing it, and in a socially awkward moment, told us to go away. Weird. Then, told us to move our car so he could do his documentation. Weirder. He was very sweaty. Must'v been the weather. Will post photos laters.

Well, a bit of gossip to finish on...

So, Scape have employed an actor to ride around at the weekends on an Ann Veronica Janssens bike for the next four weeks. Crazy? at $20 an hour i think not. Watch this scape for an interview with the talented thespian...

And thats all I got. Too much art this weekend christgoddamnit x