Artout project
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Artout Project, a.k.a. Artout Escort Agency - an experimental art project created in 2006 by an international group of artists, including the Russian-born artist Anton Koslov Mayr, theater critic and director of Black Box Theater
in Oslo
Jon Refsdal Moe, artists Per Platou, Kate Pendry, Ira Waldron, Georgy Ostretsov
http://www.ostretsov.com/, Mike Rimbaud
, Alexander Kosolapov http://www.sotsart.com/, Eric Poujeau http://www.alainlegaillard.com/Artistes.asp?ID=17, Dana Wise, Elena Kovylina, Sena Yoon, Leban and Kleindienst http://www.leban-kleindienst.org/, opera singer Evgeny Nikitin http://www.mariinsky.ru/en/company/opera/bass/nikitin/, and others. The project is a part of the Institutional Critique
mouvement, but also relies on relational art
practices. The ideas behind the project were formulated by Anton Koslov Mayr
in his essay "On Art and Domination", Jon Refsdal Moe's "Staging Cultural Prosperity"http://artoutorg.blogspot.com/ and Sueli Rolni's "The Geopolitics of Pimping"http://transform.eipcp.net/transversal/1106/rolnik/en.
Artout Project was set up as a service company offering artists' time, rather than any material work, as a product. Any interested party can hire an artist to spend time with and this in itself constitutes a creative act. The project was conceived as a meditation on the relationship between art collectors and art producers, exploring new territories of intersubjectivity
and institutional control.
Black box theater
The black box theater is a relatively recent innovation, consisting of a simple, somewhat unadorned performance space, usually a large square room with black walls and a flat floor.-History:...
in Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
Jon Refsdal Moe, artists Per Platou, Kate Pendry, Ira Waldron, Georgy Ostretsov
Georgy Ostretsov
Georgy Ostretsov is a Russian artist and performer. Ostretsov represented Russia during the 63rd Venice Biennale in 2009.-References:...
http://www.ostretsov.com/, Mike Rimbaud
Mike Rimbaud
Mike Rimbaud is an American guitarist, singer and painter.Starting his career by performing in the cafes and clubs of New York City, Mike Rimbaud signed in 1990 with a French record label....
, Alexander Kosolapov http://www.sotsart.com/, Eric Poujeau http://www.alainlegaillard.com/Artistes.asp?ID=17, Dana Wise, Elena Kovylina, Sena Yoon, Leban and Kleindienst http://www.leban-kleindienst.org/, opera singer Evgeny Nikitin http://www.mariinsky.ru/en/company/opera/bass/nikitin/, and others. The project is a part of the Institutional Critique
Institutional Critique
Institutional Critique is an art term that describes the systematic inquiry into the workings of art institutions, for instance galleries and museums, and is most associated with the work of artists such as Michael Asher, Marcel Broodthaers, Daniel Buren, Andrea Fraser, Fred Wilson and Hans...
mouvement, but also relies on relational art
Relational Art
Relational art or relational aesthetics is a mode or tendency in fine art practice originally observed and highlighted by French art critic Nicolas Bourriaud...
practices. The ideas behind the project were formulated by Anton Koslov Mayr
Anton Koslov Mayr
Anton Koslov - artist/author. Koslov studied film and philosophy at NYU and Harvard. Known for his photo installations, Kolsov Mayr has also collaborated on film projects - with artists Richard Dailey, Hilton McConnico, and independent New York film director Mark Boswell.-Sources:Photographer Agency...
in his essay "On Art and Domination", Jon Refsdal Moe's "Staging Cultural Prosperity"http://artoutorg.blogspot.com/ and Sueli Rolni's "The Geopolitics of Pimping"http://transform.eipcp.net/transversal/1106/rolnik/en.
Artout Project was set up as a service company offering artists' time, rather than any material work, as a product. Any interested party can hire an artist to spend time with and this in itself constitutes a creative act. The project was conceived as a meditation on the relationship between art collectors and art producers, exploring new territories of intersubjectivity
Intersubjectivity
Intersubjectivity is a term used in philosophy, psychology, sociology and anthropology to describe a condition somewhere between subjectivity and objectivity, one in which a phenomenon is personally experienced but by more than one subject....
and institutional control.