Breaking the Mould: Materials for the Arts and the Art of Materials

by John Cloud Kaiser (Department of Cultural Affairs, New-York city)

Wednesday 21 Nov 2018, 18:45 → 19:30 Europe/Zurich

Images de Marque

The speech of John Cloud Kaiser will take place in the gallery Images de Marque where are exhibited the natural work of arts of the CERN VolMeur collection, from 8th Novembre to 7th Décembre 2018 .

John Cloud Kaiser will provide depth on the techniques and use of deteriorated materials in art. As seen in the CERN VolMeur collection, the acknowledgment of age and aging in materials can add new depths and conversations to artwork. In 2017 Kaiser oversaw an art exhibit composed of artwork created from thousands of old reused slides from the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s slide library in collaboration with the Met Media Lab. Through Kaiser’s programs at MFTA and MFTA Gallery he encourages and encounters a wide variety of ways that artists respond to re-used materials, using the histories of the materials themselves as part of the pallet. The NYC Department of Cultural Affairs is at the forefront of the drive to find value in reusing materials, as part of the effort to build a more sustainable city and to nurture more sustainable art resources for underserved communitys. 

John Cloud Kaiser                        Photo M. Volpi

 

 

J Kaiser MFTA Presentation at CERN 2018.pdf