[NetBehaviour] Crisis_at_the_ICA:_Ekow_Eshun¹s_Experiment_in_Deinstitutionalisation

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In the meantime, on the Crumb list from Sarah Cook...



not to be nitpicking but as i recall the line was both live art and new
media, given that they were programmed by one department at the time?





either way, Charlesworth's essay is much needed. for a long time i
have felt frustrated by the "de-skilling" within arts institutions
where curators are expected to be generalists, and be able to 'talk the
talk' of corporate sponsorship and private philanthropy and fashion and
pop culture all while trying to keep enough time to research and
support artists in the best way possible. interesting to read, by
comparison, thoughts on specialism from someone like Richard Flood, now
at the New Museum, in light of the debate happening there about the
ethics / politics of exhibiting the collection of a trustee...





"Flood emphasized the need for multi-functionality and training in
a different way. “It’s a bad time for specialists,” Flood said,
“Curators need the ability to function in the real world, and the real
world often disappears in academic struggles.” Flood emphasized the
need for emerging curators to have expertise in (or willingness to
learn) budgeting, selling programs, approaching private sponsors,
honoring existing hierarchies and understanding how commercial
galleries and auction houses work."


from http://www.canadianart.ca/online/features/2008/11/20/banff/





these debates seem to happen most around non-collecting
institutions, widening the gulf between those curators as caretakers -
naturally specialists - and curators as everything else.





... that these restructuring initiatives are often described as
exciting opportunities to rethink the institution is often all the more
depressing.





some random thoughts on a slow afternoon,


sarah






>------- Original Message Follows -------
>From: "Rob Myers" <rob at robmyers.org>
>To: <netbehaviour at netbehaviour.org>
>Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour]Crisis_at_the_ICA:_Ekow_Eshun¹s_Experiment_in_Deinstitutionalisation
>Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 09:57:24 -0500
>
>The ICA have asserted that JJ [who I once had lunch with with a friend at
>the ICA bar of all places] was "unsubstantiated and subjective" in his
>criticism. Mute have responded. See the comments at the bottom of the page
>containing the article -
>
>http://www.metamute.org/en/content/crisis_at_the_ica_ekow_eshun_s_experiment_in_deinstitutionalisation
>
>(Via @MuteMagazine on Twitter, who you really should be following, along
>with @Furtherfield , until they all move to identi.ca ;-) )
>
>- Rob.
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>------- Original Message Follows -------
>From: "james morris" <james at jwm-art.net>
>To: <netbehaviour at netbehaviour.org>
>Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour]Crisis_at_the_ICA:_Ekow_Eshun¹s_Experiment_in_Deinstitutionalisation
>Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:26:31 +0000 (GMT)
>
>
>On 11/2/2010, "Rob Myers" <rob at robmyers.org> wrote:
>
>>The ICA have asserted that JJ [who I once had lunch with with a friend at
>>the ICA bar of all places] was "unsubstantiated and subjective" in his
>>criticism. Mute have responded. See the comments at the bottom of the page
>>containing the article -
>>
>>http://www.metamute.org/en/content/crisis_at_the_ica_ekow_eshun_s_experiment_in_deinstitutionalisation
>>
>>(Via @MuteMagazine on Twitter, who you really should be following, along
>>with @Furtherfield , until they all move to identi.ca ;-) )
>
>I don't use twitter on identi.ca - whatever...
>
>I just looked through your identeets (or whatever identi.ca users call
>them) and the link:
>
>http://www.the-source.com/2010/02/matt-asay-joins-canonical/
>
>seems to tell a very similar/parallel story about Ubuntu as to the ICA,
>don't you think?
>
>james.
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