Artist Post #10
November 8, 2010
Lee Walton
Relation: Lee Walton just completed a public art project about a month ago called, "Momentary Performances.” In different locations around Atlanta, Georgia, Vinyl text was installed in public areas everyday for a month. He would use a certain location each day of the week (a market on Mondays, a University building on Tuesdays, etc.) This simple action was used to formalize people’s everyday actions. It was used to amplify an everyday action so that daily occurrences became celebrated events in order to “blur the line between real-life and theater.” I feel like this work relates to my work because of it’s installation in a public area where the viewers reaction makes part of the piece, and also because it uses text in outdoor locations. Also, the public directly influenced the outcome of these installations, because the text was made up on the spot to speak about a person nearby at that moment.
Video documentation of this project is here.
Artist Biography:
Lee Walton calls himself an experimentalist (a term which I've come to love by the way.) His work exists in many mediums such as video games, drawings, videos, web-based performances, etc. Most of his projects are independently funded by specific groups and most of his projects serve a very specific purpose. Walton holds an MFA in visual arts from the California College of the Arts and he is now a professor at the University of North Carolina Greensboro. In addition to teaching, he gives lectures frequently around the country.
Quotes:
"I have found it more useful or meaningful to integrate art into my life rather than separate it."
"Ironically, art is thought to be the most free form of creativity, yet is a constant battle of liberation."
Source for both: Walton, Lee. In the Conversation: Art Talk Outside the Cube. Interview by Joseph Del Pesco. 16 Sep 2006. Print. 7 Nov 2010..
Links:
Gallery Rep
Website
Interview
Lee Walton
Relation: Lee Walton just completed a public art project about a month ago called, "Momentary Performances.” In different locations around Atlanta, Georgia, Vinyl text was installed in public areas everyday for a month. He would use a certain location each day of the week (a market on Mondays, a University building on Tuesdays, etc.) This simple action was used to formalize people’s everyday actions. It was used to amplify an everyday action so that daily occurrences became celebrated events in order to “blur the line between real-life and theater.” I feel like this work relates to my work because of it’s installation in a public area where the viewers reaction makes part of the piece, and also because it uses text in outdoor locations. Also, the public directly influenced the outcome of these installations, because the text was made up on the spot to speak about a person nearby at that moment.
Video documentation of this project is here.
Artist Biography:
Lee Walton calls himself an experimentalist (a term which I've come to love by the way.) His work exists in many mediums such as video games, drawings, videos, web-based performances, etc. Most of his projects are independently funded by specific groups and most of his projects serve a very specific purpose. Walton holds an MFA in visual arts from the California College of the Arts and he is now a professor at the University of North Carolina Greensboro. In addition to teaching, he gives lectures frequently around the country.
Quotes:
"I have found it more useful or meaningful to integrate art into my life rather than separate it."
"Ironically, art is thought to be the most free form of creativity, yet is a constant battle of liberation."
Source for both: Walton, Lee. In the Conversation: Art Talk Outside the Cube. Interview by Joseph Del Pesco. 16 Sep 2006. Print. 7 Nov 2010.
Links:
Gallery Rep
Website
Interview
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