Team Building Research Trips

During the next few weeks, each team will be asked to participate in 3 different exercises to aid in the research and development of the team's Lab contribution to Identity Blueprint. These are team exercises, which means that they will be performed together, during lab time (without exception). Most exercises will take place between 11am-1:45pm, with teams returning to Lab by 1:45pm to report on their findings as a group (each member responsible for a component of the report).

There are 3 assignments below, which should be done in the order listed.

We know that not all of your teammates will be present for each exercise, which is why we'll be doing this over a the course of several weeks (to ensure that each team member is able to partake in at least one exercise).

Print Team:

As a group...

1. 3/22: Go to see MoMA's Print/Out exhibition. Take in the 20 years in the history of printed matter provided by this show, and detail some of the more successful examples of printed matter. Each team member should be prepared to discuss a favorite, least favorite and most inspirational piece that relates to the print work being developed for IB. Each team member should have a sketchbook entry from the trip.

2. 4/12: Visit the Met (we are arranging a discussion with the publications department). What did you take away from their process. What is important/essential for inclusion in any good exhibition catalogue? What is considered unique? Successful? What are some examples of inspirations you take away from this trip, which may or may not be of use for the IB catalogue. Each team member should have a sketchbook entry from the trip.

3. 4/19: Visit Printed Matter (we are working to have someone from PM meet with you to discuss artist print projects). Take stock of the artist printed projects. What do you like? What don't you like? What are some examples of inspirations you take away from this trip, which may or may not be of use for the IB catalogue. Each team member should have a sketchbook entry from the trip.

Web Team:

As a group...

1. 3/22: Go to the Whitney Biennial. Take a survey of the exhibition and the programming (screenings, live projects, performances, video documentation). What role does video, performance and programming play in the Biennial? How is the work and process described? Where (wall labels, programs, video, etc.)? Each team member should have a sketchbook entry from the trip.

2. 4/12: Take a trip to the Whitney Biennial's WATCH AND LISTEN page and review the biennial videos. Please do a detailed review of the interviews with the artists and curators. Do you gain a good sense of the show and the goals for the Biennial? How do the videos contribute to your understanding of the vision for the Biennial and/or the work exhibited? What do you think works in the interviews? What is not as successful?

Research the documentation and interviews used for this exhibition: FEEDBACK

Not every project in the show has an interview. However, the video interviews (featured on the right side of the project pages) are very well done. Not all of the documentation is that amazing. Please do a detailed review of this exhibition's online archive (from the video and video documentation, to the project arrangement and descriptions, to the overall sense of the exhibition that you are able to glean from this site).

Compare the documentation and interviews above (their styles and functionality in terms of conveying information and process). What can you take away to incorporate into the IB documentation?

3. 4/19: Go see the Paper Tiger exhibition at Fales Library (upstairs in Bobst). Survey the exhibition. Take notes on the how the work has been documented and presented. Do you come away knowing more about Paper Tiger and its history? Why? What role does video play in the exhibition? This is an exhibition about video. Each team member should have a sketchbook entry from the trip.

Exhibition Team:

As a group...

1. 3/22: Go see MoMA's Cindy Sherman exhibition. Survey the exhibition of this feminist icon. Take notes on the how the work is presented. Do you come away knowing more about Ms. Sherman? Why? What are the key exhibition elements (photos, videos journals, posters, etc.)? How are you provided information about the artist (wall labels, didactic wall panels)? What is the curator's vision for the exhibition? Where is this displayed? How is the work labeled (what is the content of a wall label)? What are the successful/inspirational elements of the exhibition that you would take away/modify for the IB exhibition? Each team member should have a sketchbook entry from the trip.

2. 4/12: Go see the Paper Tiger exhibition at Fales Library (upstairs in Bobst). Survey the exhibition. Take notes on the how the work is presented. Do you come away knowing more about Paper Tiger and its history? Who were they? What did they do? Why? What are the key exhibition elements (videos, photos, journals, posters, etc.)? How is the information about Paper Tiger and its history provided (wall labels, didactic wall panels)? How is the work labeled (what is the content of a wall label)? What are the successful/inspirational elements of the exhibition that you would take away/modify for the IB exhibition? Each team member should have a sketchbook entry from the trip.

3. 4/19: Go to the Whitney Biennial. Take a survey of the exhibition. How is the work and process described? If and how is the vision for the biennial described? Where (wall labels, programs, video, etc.)? How is the work labeled (what is the content of a wall label)? What are the successful/inspirational elements of the exhibition that you would take away/modify for the IB exhibition? Each team member should have a sketchbook entry from the trip.