Curatorial Projects
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author(s): Adelheid Mers
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Curatorial Projects 1997 - 2014
Curatorial projects include curated, co-curated, co-organized and course-related projects.
Exhibitions from 1997 - 2005 were organized independently.
Starting in 2007, exhibitions were curated in conjunction with courses I taught or co-taught at SAIC, either as class projects, or in the case of the "Hairy Blob" exhibition, augmented by student activities.
Printed Matter: Games + Exhibitions + Public Art
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author(s): Adelheid Mers
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Works collected here consisted of, or were accompanied by printed materials. There are two games that were printed on the reverse of event invitations, two diagrams in support of exhibitions printed as part of support materials and as an independent piece, and two flyers that accompanied public art works. Other examples are part of the "Organogram' page, a postcard accompanying the Hyde Park Art Center organogram, and a 'cataposter' accompanying the project and exhibition at INOVA/Peck School of the Arts. Two exhibitions based on George Lakoff's writing were accompanied by flyers, as were the two Arts Ecology projects for Homan Square and the SECC. In each case, the point was that publics were able to take a copy of the work with them, if they wished to.
Reading Conferences
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author(s): Adelheid Mers
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From 2008 to 2014, I drew up diagrams following several 'single track' conferences, at which I was able to attend all panels. These included a conference on Museum Ethics (2008), two conferences of the Fachverband Kulturmanagement (2011, 2014, both published in the proceedings), as well as a symposium on Research Cultures at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna (2013, draft presented for discussion and development at a closing event l, and final poster to attendees distributed post-symposium), and the "Outer Regions" convening at East Tennessee State University. The Fractal 3-Line Matrix evolved from and through these exercises in consolidating large amounts of information, and became an instrument for the notation of conversations about cultural ecology and artistic practices.
I drew on these experiences when attending the "Artist as Problem Solver" convening in Indianapolis, in 2018.
Participatory Light Installations (1994), 1998 - 2000
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author(s): Adelheid Mers
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My first light piece, in 1994, surprised me by being participatory in unexpected ways, beyond the intended ability to move within it. Drinks were spilled the first time I exhibited it at Tough Gallery in Chicago, and at an exhibition at the Museum Kunstpalast in Düsseldorf, Germany, an enterprising organizer installed a disco ball next to it, for the opening party. Starting in 1998, light installation became sites for invited and curated events, and finally the premise for an exhibition.
HOW DO YOU WORK? CONVERSATIONS, DRAWINGS AND RESPONSES (Chicago Musicians)
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author(s): Adelheid Mers
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Diagram facilitated conversations with experimental musicians, composers and sound artists in Chicago.
HOW DO YOU WORK? CONVERSATIONS, DRAWINGS AND RESPONSES [CHICAGO CULTURAL CENTER]
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author(s): Adelheid Mers
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Conversations with five artists at the "Enter the Matrix" exhibition and residency, 2014. Diagrams and additional iterations generated through 2016.
