Alternative Media and Processes Chapter 2.10 Alternative Media and Processes

Context of Alternative Media

Jackson Pollock creating an “action painting” by splashing, dripping, and flinging the paint on the canvas.

Conceptual Art

Fig. 2.10.1 Jean Tinguely, Homage to New York, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, March 17th, 1960.

Fig. 2.10.2. Barbara Kruger, Untitled [Your Gaze Hits the Side of My Face], 1981-83. Photograph.

Fig. 2.10.3. Yoko Ono, Wish Tree for Liverpool, 2008.

Mel Chin: Operation Paydirt/Fundred Dollar Bill Project

Fundreds at Langston Hughs Charter, New Orleans, 2008. Fig. 2.10.4. Mel Chin, Operation Paydirt/Fundred Dollar Bill Project. Children making Fundreds at Langston Hughs Charter, New Orleans, 2008.

Fig. 2. 10. 5. Mel Chin, Operation Paydirt/Fundred Dollar Bill Project Fig. 2.10.5. Mel Chin, Operation Paydirt/Fundred Dollar Bill Project. Examples of the fundreds drawn by Students in New Orleans, Louisiana, Marla, Texas, and Collowhee, Tennessee.

Performance Art

Fig. 2.10.6. John Cage, during his concert held at the opening of the National Arts Foundation, Washington, D.C., 1966.

Fig. 2.10.7. Joseph Beuys, Coyote, I like America and America Likes Me, May 1974.

Fig. 2. 10. 8. Vito Acconci, Following Piece, 1969. Street Works IV Fig. 2.10.8. Vito Acconci, Following Piece, 1969. Street Works IV. 23-day activity.

Fig. 2. 10. 8. Vito Acconci, Following Piece, 1969. Street Works IV Fig. 2.10.8. Vito Acconci, Following Piece, 1969. Street Works IV. 23-day activity.

Fig. 2. 10. 8. Vito Acconci, Following Piece, 1969. Street Works IV Fig. 2.10.8. Vito Acconci, Following Piece, 1969. Street Works IV. 23-day activity.

Laurie Anderson, Songs and Stories from Moby Dick, 1999.

Fig. 2.10.9. Marina Abramović, The Artist is Present, Performance, 3 months. The Museum of Modern Art, 2010.

Installation and Environments

Fig. 2.10.10a. Edward Kienholz, Detail of the Beanery.

Fig. 2.10.10b. Edward Kienholz, The Beanery, 1965 [restored 2012], Installation.

installation April 4, 1992-February 28, 1993. Fig. 2.10.11. Fred Wilson, Portraits of Cigar Store Owners, from Mining the Museum, installation April 4, 1992-February 28, 1993.

Pressed On], 2000. Projection, cut paper, and adhesive on wall. Fig. 2.10.12. Kara Walker, Insurrection [Our Tools Were Rudimentary, Yet We Pressed On], 2000. Projection, cut paper, and adhesive on wall.