Randall Packer
"10,000 Acts of Artistic Mediation"
Tuesday, February 11th, 6pm @ EDA (104 North Kinross)
University of California, Los Angeles
presented by the
UCLA Department of Design | Media Arts
(310) 825-9007
Randall M. Packer, Secretary of the US Department of Art & Technology
in Washington, DC, will announce a new campaign, "10,000 Acts of
Artistic Mediation," intended to mobilize artistic forces across the
nation in anticipation of the National Election in 2004. The
Secretary will also discuss the recent activation of a new
artist-driven political party, the Experimental Party, the "party of
experimentation," in the Department's effort to bring the artists'
message to center stage of the political process. The Experimental
Party intends to recruit, support, and coordinate viable artists to
celebrate the universal spirit of collective expression, to seek
volunteers to help speak oracular truths and the most radically
liberating critique of reason, and to engage students in acts of
appropriation through art and polemic, manifesto and demonstration,
love and politics.
Calling him "a man of great integrity, a man of great judgment and a
man who knows the arts," President George W. Bush announced his
decision to nominate Randall M. Packer to serve as Secretary of the
United States Department of Art and Technology on November 12, 2001.
Upon confirmation by the Senate, Packer pledged to renew the war on
cultural poverty, reduce the incidence of a one-way exchange of
information between an active agent and a passive recipient, and
combat discrimination so no American feels outside the field of
aesthetic inquiry of the contemporary media arts.
******
The Experimental Party
http://www.experimentalparty.org
The Experimental Party - the "party of experimentation" - is an
artist-based political party that has been formed to activate
citizens across the country in an effort to bring the artists'
message to center stage of the political process. This is a political
awakening, 'representation through virtualization' is the major
political thrust of the Experimental Party, it is the driving force.
The US Department of Art & Technology
http://www.usdept-arttech.net
The US Department of Art and Technology is the United States
principal conduit for facilitating the artist's need to extend
aesthetic inquiry into the broader culture where ideas become real
action. It also serves the psychological and spiritual well-being of
all Americans by supporting cultural efforts that provide immunity
from the extension of new media technologies into the social sphere.
"10,000 Acts of Artistic Mediation" @ UCLA
-
Type: discussion
Comments
Randall Packer
"10,000 Acts of Artistic Mediation"
Tuesday, February 11th, 6pm @ EDA (104 North Kinross)
University of California, Los Angeles
presented by the
UCLA Department of Design | Media Arts
(310) 825-9007
Randall M. Packer, Secretary of the US Department of Art & Technology
in Washington, DC, will announce a new campaign, "10,000 Acts of
Artistic Mediation," intended to mobilize artistic forces across the
nation in anticipation of the National Election in 2004. The
Secretary will also discuss the recent activation of a new
artist-driven political party, the Experimental Party, the "party of
experimentation," in the Department's effort to bring the artists'
message to center stage of the political process. The Experimental
Party intends to recruit, support, and coordinate viable artists to
celebrate the universal spirit of collective expression, to seek
volunteers to help speak oracular truths and the most radically
liberating critique of reason, and to engage students in acts of
appropriation through art and polemic, manifesto and demonstration,
love and politics.
Calling him "a man of great integrity, a man of great judgment and a
man who knows the arts," President George W. Bush announced his
decision to nominate Randall M. Packer to serve as Secretary of the
United States Department of Art and Technology on November 12, 2001.
Upon confirmation by the Senate, Packer pledged to renew the war on
cultural poverty, reduce the incidence of a one-way exchange of
information between an active agent and a passive recipient, and
combat discrimination so no American feels outside the field of
aesthetic inquiry of the contemporary media arts.
******
The Experimental Party
http://www.experimentalparty.org
The Experimental Party - the "party of experimentation" - is an
artist-based political party that has been formed to activate
citizens across the country in an effort to bring the artists'
message to center stage of the political process. This is a political
awakening, 'representation through virtualization' is the major
political thrust of the Experimental Party, it is the driving force.
The US Department of Art & Technology
http://www.usdept-arttech.net
The US Department of Art and Technology is the United States
principal conduit for facilitating the artist's need to extend
aesthetic inquiry into the broader culture where ideas become real
action. It also serves the psychological and spiritual well-being of
all Americans by supporting cultural efforts that provide immunity
from the extension of new media technologies into the social sphere.