A&V 2010 Student-Curators Alexandra and Michelle Montesino with Pia Lindman
Pia Lindman performed Face Act at Gallery Diet during Art Basel Miami Beach 2009.
Pia Lindman’s performance Face Act, is part of a larger body work that Lindman developed at the Humanoid Robotics Group at M.I.T. As Lindman reads aloud lines from a Simon Rich text, Aesthetics & Values students from FIU’s Honors College will use Pia Lindman’s face as their stage; pulling, poking, and pinching her face to create the corresponding facial expression. The students collective mind interpreting the text serves as an artificial intelligence, while their fingers serve as the actuators transforming this mind into action.
The three student-curators from Aesthetics & Values 2010 are Alexandra Montesino, Michelle Montesino, and Noor Daghistani.
Noor Daghistani reads the text of the performance.
Below is the dialogue the performance responded to.
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(Repost I): What do you make of the New Museum showing the collection of Greek Billionaire, Dakis Joannou? Show curated by Jeff Koons (40 wrks. in coll.) on 3 flrs. of the Mus. Is it okay, business-as-usual, gross, curatorially irresponsible?
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I am an artist who does take risks…inside and outside of the studio
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I am sure you have integrity…and I am a person who is not totally naive, and does much more than complain.
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I just think a little more pragmatic thinking and a little less dreamy idealism would do wonders.
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No museum space is devoid of $.
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It appears history repeats itself, again and again, so what are the lessons learned? Just like in Rome, the Pope and the anointed are in league or should I say in bed with each other!
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I think many artists take risks….not just me. It takes courage to be an artist
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Yes, you are right, pragmatic thinking is necessary…But on the other hand, I respect idealism.
Why do some “artists” think that the gov’t (my taxes) should support them? The people actually work for a living should not be forced to support someone who sits around and scribbles all day and nobody wants to buy his scribbles.
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Artists have to prove themselves in the marketplace.” Well, OK, they said, and they did, which gave rise to the gravity warping orgy of art and money that we just went through and are trying to recover from.
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For the record, “artists” work for a living as well, “artists” pay taxes too, not just Joe the plumber.
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I don’t think that I should be REQUIRED to pay for the exhibition of a photograph of Mapplethorpe inserting a bullwhip handle up his rectum.
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@Edward, the late 1980s called, I’ve got Senator Helms on the line..
Yo. Your side won this fight. Let’s move on?
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The NEA (my tax money) has instructed artists to produce art supporting Obama and his policys Why not give the Klan money to produce art.?
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I think we all have courage and take risks, it is the creative soul of an artist, as simple as it sounds.
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Here is a link to some but not all my work, the more edgy stuff is not for this audience. Get in touch with me, if your a video/media artist.
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I find the work as I make it, not before I make it.
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Don’t you have enough faith in art to support government funding of all artists? Artists are not lazy.
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“Charity starts at home”
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I think American artists should receive 50,000 a year from taxes. Even jeff k. Why not?
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Why not fund all scientists? Or all doctors? Or all ditch diggers – those guys have it tough.
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Edward, you know perfectly well that gov’t. funding of the arts is not about giving money to pornographers and propogandists.
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For every bull whip in the ass there are thousands of incredibly valuable regional puppet theaters and art workshops being funded.
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But there is no way to keep this glut in check, especilly when the market tends to favor those here for fun fashion and profit.
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Times change, today is somebody’s “good old days.”
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who is in that collection anyway???? i have no clue. i havent seen a list. i’m not. he once bought a painting, stored it in a box somewhere for awhile, and then my gallery said he returned it or sold it back to them or something. i’m like, what the fuck do i need to see another round up of incredibly famous people for? i’d actually like to know if show will include one person i have not heard of who is great… i went to the show in venice this summer of that other famous rich dude.. i cant even remember his name, i’m blocking it out. BLECHHHH!!! it was fucking awful! even the good people in it looked bad!!!! i’m going to be bold and post this.
