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"To prevent undue wereckage in society, the artist tends now to move from the ivory to the control tower of society." - Jean Cocteau
The US Department of Art & Technology (USDAT) is an artist-led, virtual government agency. The USDAT functions as a conduit between the arts and the broader political and economic culture for facilitating the artist' need to extend aesthetic inquiry into the social sphere where ideas become real action. The Department proposes and supports the idealized definition of the role of the artist in society as one whose reflections, ideas, aesthetics, sensibilities, and abilities can have significant and transformative social impact on the world stage.
Project Website: http://www.usdat.us
MEDIA INSTALLATION
Experimental Party Disinformation Center
LUXE Gallery, NYC
August 20 - September 4th, 2004
Participating artists:
Mark Amerika, Jonah Brucker-Cohen, Andy Deck, Paul Miller aka DJ Spooky & '47,' Jeff Gates, Jon Henry, Lynn Hershman, Gregory T. Kuhn, Andrew Nagy, Alexander Provan, Trace Reddell, Rick Silva, Jill Steinberg, and Wesley Smith
MEDIA INSTALLATION
Media Deconstruction Kit
Black Cat, Washington DC
November 4, 2004
In collaboration with Wesley Smith
MEDIA INSTALLATION
USDAT Visitors Center
Corcoran Gallery of Art
Washington, DC
August 15 - September 6th, 2003
Video
The Experimental Party
Corcoran Gallery of Art
Washington, DC
August 15 - September 6th, 2003
PERFORMANCE
Ich bin ein berliner künstler
Transmediale Festival of Media
Hall of Congress, Berlin
Opening Ceremonies
February 6, 2002
Video
State of the Union (2005)
Shown at numerous venues including: Corcoran Gallery of Art/Washington, DC, Transmediale Festival of Media/Berlin, etc.
Web-Specific
WeTheBlog.org (2003)
One of the first artist blogs, in collaboration with Jeff Gates, with contributions from Mark Amerika, Marc Lafia, Jonah Brucker-Cohen, et. al.
