The 2021 Edition of Your Favorite Co-Authored Art & Social Practice Conference!
Organized by the Portland State University Art & Social Practice MFA Program for 8 years and counting.
This year our annual conference is presented as a television station dedicated to art and social practice. “Tune in” online and join us for discussions, workshops, interactive experiences, and participatory events. Programs include a houseplant show-and-tell with People’s Plant Museum, personal landmark making with Sign Club, an exploration of the speaking arts, sheep sounds, a showcase of $100 Projects, and a brain dive from our in-house stuntman.
Come one, come all from around the globe! Opportunities abound in this online multiverse as we embrace experimental gatherings of all kinds. It might be magical! It might be strange! Attend one or all of the events! We invite you to dive into this week of events: participate, ask questions, observe, and reflect.
Captioning will be available for the entire conference. The introductory event and graduate lectures will have live ASL interpretation. If you will utilize ASL interpretation for these events, please join us in Zoom. Additionally, Carlos Reynoso’s graduate lecture will have Spanish captions.
Join us on Zoom or livestream via Youtube.
Zoom: https://pdx.zoom.us/j/89883472941
Password: assembly
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8tK6tLOx4gP0qsOItRwl-w
VIEW THE FULL PROGRAM IN OUR TV GUIDE!
Or scroll below for schedule in list format.
Conversations On Everything: SoFA Journal Spring Issue, featuring $100 Project Series
The Spring issue of the program’s Social Forms of Art Journal will launch on June 4 in tandem with Assembly. As part of the $100 Project commission series, the issue contains interviews done between graduate students and those they commissioned. Coming soon!
ASSEMBLY TV SCHEDULE
MONDAY JUNE 7TH
| TIME | PROGRAM | PEOPLE | TYPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12-1PM PST | Some Thoughts On Art & Social Practice | Harrell Fletcher and Lisa Jarrett | Presentation |
| 1-2PM PST |
Rebecca Copper and Minus Plato (AKA Richard Fletcher) |
Presentation, Discussion | |
| 2-3PM PST | SNACKBREAK | All |
Enjoy videos from the A+SP program vault! See artists exploring their neighborhoods, talking to strangers, exhibiting talents and more. |
| 3-4PM PST | Carlos Reynoso | Graduate lecture | |
| 4-5PM PST | Brianna Ortega | Participatory project | |
| 5-6PM PST | Caryn Aasness | Stunt show performance |
TUESDAY JUNE 8TH
| TIME | PROGRAM | PEOPLE | TYPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12-1PM PST | Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School Museum of Contemporary Art (KSMoCA) International Acquisition Committee |
Illia Yakovenko |
Presentation, Artwork handover |
| 1-2PM PST |
Soheila Azadi |
Presentation | |
| 2-3PM PST | SNACKBREAK | All |
Enjoy videos from the A+SP program vault! See artists exploring their neighborhoods, talking to strangers, exhibiting talents and more. |
| 3-4PM PST | Jordan Rosenblum | Graduate lecture | |
| 4-5PM PST | Mo Geiger | Participatory online sound installation | |
| 5-6PM PST | Emma Duehr Mitchell and YOU! | Group presentation |
WEDNESDAY JUNE 9TH
| TIME | PROGRAM | PEOPLE | TYPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12-1PM PST | Our Current Twilight Zone: Auditing Whiteness in Popular Culture |
Caryn Aasness, Diana Marcela Cuartas, Laura Glazer, Becca Kauffman, Roshani Thakore, Kiara Walls |
Participatory project |
| 1-2PM PST |
Our Current Twilight Zone (Cont’d) |
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| 2-3PM PST | SNACKBREAK | All |
Enjoy videos from the A+SP program vault! See artists exploring their neighborhoods, talking to strangers, exhibiting talents and more. |
| 3-4PM PST | Nolan Hanson | Graduate lecture | |
| 4-5PM PST | Nolan Hanson | Workshop | |
| 5-6PM PST |
Diana Marcela Cuartas |
Presentation, workshop |
THURSDAY JUNE 10TH
| TIME | PROGRAM | PEOPLE | TYPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12-1PM PST | The Grieving Walk: A Public Ritual & Performance | Shelbie Loomis | Presentation |
| 1-2PM PST |
FIBRA Colectivo: Lucia Monge, Gianine Tabja, Gabriela Flores del Pozo |
Fungi broadcast | |
| 2-3PM PST | SNACKBREAK | All |
Enjoy videos from the A+SP program vault! See artists exploring their neighborhoods, talking to strangers, exhibiting talents and more. |
| 3-4PM PST |
Emma Duehr Mitchell |
Graduate lecture | |
| 4-5PM PST |
Justin Maxon, Michelle M. Miller, |
Participatory project | |
| 5-6PM PST | Becca Kauffman | Participatory workshop |
FRIDAY JUNE 11TH
| TIME | PROGRAM | PEOPLE | TYPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12-1PM PST | Place Biographies |
Sign Club, a collaboration between Laura Glazer and Jordan Rosenblum |
Workshop |
| 1-2PM PST |
Place Biographies (Cont’d) |
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| 2-3PM PST | SNACKBREAK | All |
Enjoy videos from the A+SP program vault! See artists exploring their neighborhoods, talking to strangers, exhibiting talents and more. |
| 3-4PM PST | Brianna Ortega | Graduate lecture | |
| 4-5PM PST | Kiara Walls | Presentation, Creative wellness exercise | |
| 5-6PM PST |
Salty Xi Jie Ng, Harrell Fletcher, and MFA students |
Presentation, discussion |
Assembly Archive
