Artwork Installation Logistics
Exhibition:
The
exhibition space will be in various rooms on the second floor of 401 Park Ave S, New
York, NY, including
three classrooms and two larger meeting rooms. Please see the area specs (below) for
more information. (Please note that, while certain rooms are marked as available, we do not yet have current information on specific availability for the upcoming year.)
We
offer an unconventional exhibition space and hope that you will take advantage
of it when considering your installations. For example, an artist from the 2008
conference utilized the classroom windows to display her work. She combined
photography with curtains, using natural sunlight to illuminate the images. Another
artist took advantage of our video display capacities to offer a full
audio-visual experience of his Iraq
war mosaic presentation in the main conference room.
Please
note that physical alterations to the installation spaces cannot be permitted
(e.g., wall and floor painting, removal of whiteboards or lighting fixtures,
etc.). Also note that all classrooms have drop ceilings, which may interfere
with the installation of pieces requiring ceiling suspension. Don’t be
discouraged! We are willing to work with you to devise creative means of
displaying your artwork in this unconventional setting; limited funds may
become available to assist you with minor logistical needs.
We
are particularly well-equipped for video format presentations and invite
artists to consider ways in which they may display their artwork of any medium
in this format.
We will
have a PC laptop available for video exhibitions, though full capacity for
other computer operating systems is also available upon advance request.
Any
accepted musical submissions that entail live performances will be presented during
the conference receptions (in addition to their formal presentation, if the
artist is assigned to participate in a conference panel). Live performances of
dance or other performance art may also be presented during receptions at the
discretion of the conference organizers.
Panels:
The
conference is organized into multiple panels, usually of three presenters each.
An interdepartmental faculty member will chair each panel and a student
respondent from Stony
Brook University
will offer an analysis of the presentations including questions to begin the
discussion.
All
panelists, regardless of disciplinary background, are expected to prepare an
oral presentation of approximately 20 minutes (approximately 3000 words or 8-11
pages) in length. Artists who do not wish to be assigned to a panel must
specify in the initial submission that it is intended for installation or
performance only.
Artists
presenting on panels are expected to be able to discuss the themes guiding
their work in detail and to engage thoughtfully with the other presenters on
the panel. Still, we respect the fact that many presenters do not have formal
philosophical training, and we do not require that artists possess extensive
knowledge of philosophical thinkers and their positions. Additionally, many of
conference participants from philosophical backgrounds may be equally
non-conversant in artistic vocabularies and art history. One of the grounding
assumptions of this conference is that these differences do not pose an
insurmountable obstacle to interdisciplinary dialogue. Faculty moderators will
be present to help mediate these sources of potential misunderstanding, and have
done so in past conferences with success to the benefit of all present.
