Art in Social Practice

I remember fondly in undergrad the week we covered Da Da in art history. Exquisite corpse drawings and group created poems drawing each word from a blind grab bag. I even attempted to host a Da Da day at the Buchanan Art Center. Not a single person signed up for […]

SPA Dada Response

This entry was posted in Art in Social Practice on November 7, 2017 by Alten Studio

Hello, I would like to introduce you to my Intellectual Self. Intellectual Danielle gets energy from new ideas, loses energy to people that don’t care to learn, is stressed out when faced with huge projects and no idea how to start – the major sign of which is […]

SPA Week 4 Drawing the Self

This entry was posted in Art in Social Practice on November 7, 2017 by Alten Studio

Lewis Hyde recorded Lecture from 11-06-14 A Lived Practice Symposium at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. This lecture was a bit hard for me to connect to. Audio books and podcasts are not really easy for me to pay attention too. For some reason when it is […]

SPA Lewis Hyde Lecture Response Week 3

This entry was posted in Art in Social Practice on November 7, 2017 by Alten Studio

1) What gives me energy? New ideas, metal (music), celebrating people’s geekery (it’s enjoyable to watch someone be completely excited about a topic), travel (exposure to new ideas), time (to absorb experiences and to create at a leisurely pace when the mood strikes instead of within the bounds of deadlines), […]