Posts from — December 2009
Review of Susan Bickford at UMA
Daniel Kany reviews MFA alum Susan Bickford’s October performance at University of Maine at Augusta.
In “exquisite corpse,” Bickford attaches four video cameras to four monitors stacked one above the other to give the viewer a fractured picture of himself: feet, legs, torso, head. The images vary in size and move at different speeds. It is very smart fun.
Bickford’s pieces are easy enough to access and enjoy. She has worked with the gallery docents to ensure the viewers feel welcome and understand how the show is interactive. She has posted wall texts for each piece that, in a dark room, act more like humble afterthoughts than starting points – helpful, but not oppressive.
Read the whole review online here.
Rebecca Duclos invited as External Reviewer at Concordia University
Director Rebecca Duclos has been invited to be an External Reviewer for Concordia University Open Media’s end of term reviews on December 2nd and 3rd.
image: Brigitte Dajczer
Visiting Artists for 2010
In keeping with the MFA’s appointment of extraordinary visiting faculty during the summer intensive semesters and to broaden our reach internationally, a panel of recommenders is for the first time working with the graduate program at MECA to nominate visiting faculty for 2010.
We are excited to be working with Alex Pilis (artist + faculty at the Metropolis Masters and Graduate Program in Architecture and Urban Culture in Barcelona), Kelly Gellatly (Curator at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne), Ken Lum (artist, writer and curator in Vancouver), Camilla Brown (Senior Curator at the Photographers Gallery in London), Roger Conover, Executive Editor, MIT Press), as well as our own MFA faculty, Andrea Ray and Peter Simensky.
Chris Whittey, Dean of MECA and Rebecca Duclos, Director of the MFA, will shortlist visiting faculty recommendations with the help of one of the current MFA students on December 16th. A full list of visiting faculty for 2010 will be posted in the new year on this site.
