Halifax Conference (5 October to 6 October 1970 : Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia) Search this
Physical description:
1 volume (various pagings) illustrations 19 cm
Type:
Congresses
Congrès
papers (document genres)
Conference papers and proceedings
Date:
2019
20th century
20e siècle
Notes:
Subtitle from cover
"Organized by Seth Siegelaub, sponsored by Benson & Hedges (Canada) Ltd., adapted by Craig Leonard"--Cover
AAPG copy 39088019708031 purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment.
Summary:
"The Halifax Conference presents a transcript of a conference held at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design on October 5-6, 1970, transcribed and adapted by artist Craig Leonard. Organized by Seth Siegelaub, the Conference was conceived as a means of bringing about a "meeting of artists ... [from] diverse art making experiences and art positions ... in as general a situation as possible." Infamously, the conference was held in the college's boardroom, while students and other interested parties watched the proceedings on a video monitor in a separate space. The result was a conversation that devolved--technologically and ideologically--into a quasi-tragicomic farce, punctuated by remarkable moments of rupture initiated by activist resistance to the Conference from the outside and dissenting voices from within. Attendees at the Conference included Carl Andre, Joseph Beuys, Ronald Bladen, Daniel Buren, Gene Davis, Jan Dibbets, Al Held, Mario Merz, Robert Morris, Robert Murray, N.E. Thing Co. (Iain and Ingrid Baxter), Richard Serra, Richard Smith, Robert Smithson, Michael Snow, and Lawrence Weiner." --Provided by the publisher
