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THE POTENTIAL OF ART IN A MICRO SOCIETY:
THE SPRING 2009 LINEMAN CLASS AT
LOS ANGELES TRADE-TECHNICAL COLLEGE
by
Michael Parker
A Thesis Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
MASTER OF FINE ARTS
August 2009
Copyright 2009 Michael Parker
Object Description
| Title | The potential of art in a micro society: the spring 2009 Lineman Class at Los Angeles Trade-Technical College |
| Author | Parker, Michael |
| Author email | routesandmethods@gmail.com; parkermi@usc.edu |
| Degree | Master of Fine Arts |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Fine Arts |
| School | School of Fine Arts |
| Date defended/completed | 2009-05-01 |
| Date submitted | 2009 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2009-08-10 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Zittel, Andrea |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Fine, Jud Jones, William E. |
| Abstract | Over the fall semester of 2008 on my morning bicycle commute to the University of Southern California’s Roski School of Fine Art (USC) I passed the power-pole training yard of Los Angeles Trade-Technical College (LATTC) where 40+ adult students were learning how to become power pole technicians -- known as Electrical Lineman. To make art in the studio, away from the realities of social inequality, war and worldwide economic collapse, felt irresponsible. Direct engagement with the world seemed more important. Through reading Op-Ed newspaper sections, Situationist International literature, debates on art between Kaprow and Smithson, texts on the collapse of the art-frontier-myth, and the confluences of art and revolution in 1968, the question that continually arose was, “What is the potential for art in society?” This paper explores this overwhelming but relevant question in the micro-society of the Spring 2009 Lineman Class at LATTC. |
| Keyword | power; lineman; art; art in society; micro society; community college; MFA; May Day; Los Angeles Trade-Technical College; learning to control power; follow the energy; control the power; climbing; art school; labor; continuing education; social movement |
| Geographic subject | educational facilities: Los Angeles Trade-Technical College |
| Coverage date | 2009 |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m2559 |
| Rights | Parker, Michael |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Parker-3142 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume48/etd-Parker-3142.pdf |
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| Full text | THE POTENTIAL OF ART IN A MICRO SOCIETY: THE SPRING 2009 LINEMAN CLASS AT LOS ANGELES TRADE-TECHNICAL COLLEGE by Michael Parker A Thesis Presented to the FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF FINE ARTS August 2009 Copyright 2009 Michael Parker |
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