See You Again 2015
Presented at the Portland Art Museum in Portland, OR.
Collaboration with Amanda Leigh Evans, Erin Charpentier, Emily Fitzgerald, Zachary Gough, Harrell Fletcher, Derek Hamm, Renee Sills, and Arianna Warner.
The Art & Social Practice MFA program at PSU was invited to present a project for "Shine-A-Light", the Portland Art Museum's annual socially-engaged programming. We presented See You Again, a dinner and cocktail hour hosted in the PAM's ballroom that invited members of the public to vote for the first non-object artwork to be proposed to the museum for permanent collection.
Utilizing the form of short but passionate political speech, we presented to the public six specific artworks from six international socially-engaged artists. Artists considered were Ariana Jacob, Paul Ramirez Jonas, Ben Kinmont, Carmen Papalia, Pedro Reyes, and Stephanie Syjuco. After a stirring debate, the public voted caucus-style for their favorite work of art.
At the end of the evening, Stephanie Syjuco's notMoMA was chosen by the audience to be proposed for permanent collection to the Portland Art Museum.
Photo credit: Harrell Fletcher, Graphic credit: Derek Hamm
