Projects 2010

The Emergent Event
Special Workshop
May 25 – May 30, 2010

Emergence
In philosophy, systems theory, science, and art, emergence is the way complex systems and patterns arise out of a multiplicity of relatively simple interactions. Emergence is central to the theories of integrative levels and of complex systems. See also: Emergent, Spontaneous order, and Self-organization

This week long workshop will employ models of emergence to produce a situation/event that will unfold on the OPENING DAY Mildred's Lane. This is an intensive seminar in workstyles, a labor/life/research paradigm we propose for contemporary art practice. Following the methodologies of a non-deterministic approach to the situation/event we will attempt to create an unusually profound shared experience for and with all who come to Opening Day, Saturday May 29th, 2010.

Featured speakers, visiting artists, seminar leaders, lecturers, field trips and other guests include:
Paul Bartow, Brian Conley J. Morgan Puett, Allison Rowe, Andréa Stanislov, and others TBA

Featuring collaboration with
University of Minnesota Graduate of Fine Arts in residence.

May 25, Tuesday

• "Introduction to Workstyles"
  talk by J.Morgan Puett
  time TBD

May 26, Wednesday

• "Nose to Ground"
  talk by Brian Conley
  7:30 PM

May 27, Thursday

• "Investigations of a Metamorphic Landscape"
  Paul Bartow
  7:30 PM

May 28, Friday

• With our guests Andréa Stanislov, Dean Lozow, and students from the University of Minnesota
  details TBA

May 29, Social Saturday

• "The Whole Ball of Works"
  Brian Conley and Allison Rowe
  7:30 pm

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