Calendar variations.

Douglas, Anne; Fremantle, Chris

Abstract

The Work of Allan Kaprow (1927-2006). Allan Kaprow was interested in blurring the boundaries between art and life on the premise that “Life is more artlike than art”. He drew artists and participants into noticing and exploring life's spontaneous moments of sociability such as meeting a stranger through sharing a practical task. Where we commonly invest value in the completion of a task, Kaprow invested value in the quality of encounter that is created between people through shared activities. Kaprow developed events by writing a set of instructions - a poem or riddle to be figured out through participation.

Citation

DOUGLAS, A. and FREMANTLE, C. 2022. Calendar variations. In Geffen, A., Rosenthal, A., Fremantle, C. and Rhamani, A. (eds.) Ecoart in action: activities, case studies and provocations for classroom and community. New York: New Village Press [online], section 2, case study 4. Available from: https://nyupress.org/9781613321461/ecoart-in-action/

• Online Publication Date: Apr 20, 2021
• Publication Date: Feb 22, 2022
• Deposit Date: Apr 26, 2021
• Publicly Available Date: Feb 21, 2022
• Publisher: New Village Press
• Book Title: Ecoart in action: activities, case studies and provocations for classroom and community.
• ISBN: 9781613321478; 9781613321461
• Keywords: Kaprow; Art; Life; Tasks; Instructions; Experience as art
• Public URL: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/1323366
• Contract Date: Feb 1, 2021