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Pasha and Harvey at the first of their thirteen host locations.26 Remarkably at the
time of this research this video only had thirty-five views. One explanation for
this is that only those videos shot by Creative Time were posted to the project’s
official website, 27 while other videos are loosely presented on YouTube by a
number of individuals and organizations. The expanse of videos posted on
YouTube are not collectively organized under one heading; in order to see videos
on the site relating to the project, one would have to search for them individually
based on location or organization, or stumble upon them by chance. Creative
Time’s website provides a platform for the videos and was the project’s main
source of content dissemination after the museum exhibitions closed and before
the book, It Is What It Is, was published by Deller and Creative Time in 2011. All
Internet video’s about the project, both at the Creative Time website and on
YouTube, are currently presented separately which poses a problem for the
secondary viewer.
Another link posted on May 8th 2009 by an unknown art enthusiast
provides a visual tour of the Hammer’s courtyard exhibition display. It also
includes a brief interview with Hammer Curatorial Assistant, Elizabeth Cline who
explains the project’s premise and Deller’s use of the bombed car as a
26 Institute of Policy Studies, “Conversations About Iraq in DC: Part 2” InstofPolicyStudies,
YouTube Website, May 19, 2009. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNqDXBFFovE. (accessed
February 28, 2011).
27 Creative Time, “It Is What It Is: Featured Links,” http://conversationsaboutiraq.org/ (accessed
December 18, 2010).
Object Description
| Title | Sites of production: An examination of Jeremy Deller's It is what it is: Conversations about Iraq |
| Author | Kopp, Rebecca Nichole |
| Author email | rkopp@usc.edu; rnkopp@gmail.com |
| Degree | Master of Public Art Studies |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Public Art Studies |
| School | School of Fine Arts |
| Date defended/completed | 2011-05 |
| Date submitted | 2011 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2011-05-04 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Holte, Michael Ned |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Jacob, Mary Jane Decter, Joshua |
| Abstract | For little over a decade artistic practice in the United States has become intently “focused upon on the sphere of inter-human relations” (Nicolas Bourriaud). Contemporary theorists have presented a variety of ideas concerning the resurgence of this artistic tendency that emerged half a century ago. Using It Is What It Is: Conversations About Iraq, which was presented across the U.S. and at three major museums in 2009 by British Turner prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller, as case study to further delineate this artistic form of expression, this thesis addresses recent theoretical developments within the broader social practice movement. Deller’s project emphasized the complicated nature of these theories in action within the contemporary moment, and testified to its heightened use in the public sphere through shifts higher education and institutional programming. The evaluation of Deller’s piece emphasizes the art-historical importance of this work and more broadly contends with the contemporary conflict between those who debate art’s ability to transform consciousness within the public sphere. |
| Keyword | social practice; Jeremy Deller; Iraq; dialogical practice; public sphere; public art |
| Geographic subject (country) | Iraq; USA |
| Coverage date | 2000/2010 |
| 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-m3881 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Kopp, Rebecca Nichole |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-Kopp-4545 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume26/etd-Kopp-4545.pdf |
Description
| Title | Page 24 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 19 Pasha and Harvey at the first of their thirteen host locations.26 Remarkably at the time of this research this video only had thirty-five views. One explanation for this is that only those videos shot by Creative Time were posted to the project’s official website, 27 while other videos are loosely presented on YouTube by a number of individuals and organizations. The expanse of videos posted on YouTube are not collectively organized under one heading; in order to see videos on the site relating to the project, one would have to search for them individually based on location or organization, or stumble upon them by chance. Creative Time’s website provides a platform for the videos and was the project’s main source of content dissemination after the museum exhibitions closed and before the book, It Is What It Is, was published by Deller and Creative Time in 2011. All Internet video’s about the project, both at the Creative Time website and on YouTube, are currently presented separately which poses a problem for the secondary viewer. Another link posted on May 8th 2009 by an unknown art enthusiast provides a visual tour of the Hammer’s courtyard exhibition display. It also includes a brief interview with Hammer Curatorial Assistant, Elizabeth Cline who explains the project’s premise and Deller’s use of the bombed car as a 26 Institute of Policy Studies, “Conversations About Iraq in DC: Part 2” InstofPolicyStudies, YouTube Website, May 19, 2009. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNqDXBFFovE. (accessed February 28, 2011). 27 Creative Time, “It Is What It Is: Featured Links,” http://conversationsaboutiraq.org/ (accessed December 18, 2010). |
