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SUMMARY:Andy Sturdevant\: Interactive performance piece
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DESCRIPTION:"2012 U.S. Cities Contemporary Art Rankings\: A New Hierar
 chical Approach" was\nfirst performed in 2011 with a crowd of thirty-f
 ive artists and creative workers in a\nMinneapolis gallery. Creating a
  second edition – this time\, in a university setting\,\nwith a diff
 erent group (many of whom have had careers elsewhere following their\n
 graduations from UofL)\, in an entirely different geographic and cultu
 ral part of the\ncountry – would yield an entirely different set of 
 results.\nMany of the questions are the same\, regardless of setting\:
  is New York really\nAmerica’s only truly world-class art center\, o
 r has L.A. become its peer? Does the\ninfluence of Harrell Fletcher in
  Portland and current widespread interest in social\npractice make tha
 t city a bona fide contemporary art capital? Is the relative lack of a
 \ntraditional arts infrastructure in a city like Detroit offset by the
  influx of young artists\nthat have moved there in the past ten years?
  Is Miami national grade all year-round\,\nor just when Art Basel is g
 oing on?  Using faux-sociological language\, the project aims to crude
 ly (and humorously) replicate the sort of Richard Florida-styled list-
 crafting that dominates much national discussion of contemporary art a
 nd placemaking. Located in that gray area between satire and earnest i
 nquiry\, the project draws on its audience's collective knowledge and 
 investment in their own individual regional identities\, as well as de
 monstrating the inherent limitations in reducing complex cultural and 
 sociological factors into easily digestible charts\, maps\, and lists.
 
LOCATION:Hite Galleries\, Schneider Hall
CATEGORIES:Performance
CONTACT:Renee Murphy\, (502)852-6794\, rkmurp01@louisville.edu
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