The Road Less Traveled Conference
Type
Other
Category
Drawing, Installation, Other, Painting, Photograph...
Status
Archived
Deadline
September 24, 2017
Application Fee
Not Available
Host
Karin Oliver-Kreft
Location
Sheboygan, United States

 


Delve into the complex subject of artist-built environments during a three-day conference, September 27-29, 2017, at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan, WI.


 


 


 


Through a variety of performances, panels, and workshops, attendees will share new ideas and broaden the collective knowledge and appreciation of this unique style of art making that is the focus of a yearlong series of exhibitions at the Arts Center. For more information, go to http://www.jmkac.org/explore-discover/2017conference">http://www.jmkac.org/explore-discover/2017conference.


 


Featuring luminaries from the field as well as emerging creative professionals, this dynamic conference spans disciplines and perspectives relevant to the understanding of environments both in-situ and no longer in place. Topics will include the curation of site components, current research and conservation methods, artists’ responses to various sites, issues in community engagement and historic designation, and site stewardship.


 


Among the highlights are a live podcast from Benjamen Walker’s Theory of Everything reflecting on a road trip to artist-built sites in Wisconsin, artist Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe’s performance of a sound piece specific to Emery Blagdon’s Healing Machine, and a think tank discussion of the future of Eddie Owens Martin’s magnificent site, Pasaquan, now that conservation of the artist environment is complete.  


 


The conference, titled The Road Less Traveled, is the third Divine Disorder program of the National Park Service’s National Center for Preservation Technology and Training (NCPTT). In addition to the Arts Center and NCPTT, Kohler Foundation, Inc. is a hosting partner for the conference.


 


 


 


$275/per ticket


 


(A reduced student rate of $150 is available. Please email conference@jmkac.org with proof of a valid student ID.)