IN THE PRESS & BEHIND THE DAIS
Robert Brune, “A Gathering for Cultural Arts and Discussion,” The Mountain Eagle, August 4, 2023 PDF
John Halpern, (Invited by RU Visual Arts Committee) “Title of Talk” Rochester University, Rochester, NY, April 4, 2023 VIDEO EXCERPT
John Halpern, Emily M. Harris, Margret Wibmer, (Invited by Stalker/NoWorking, Lorenzo Romito & Giulia Fioca) “Mass Media Sculptures” Spontaniemente Conference, Rome, Italy and International fb live, September 21, 2022 VIDEO
Francesca Girone, “Ho scelto Capri, perchè, prima di tutto è un paradiso, I choose Capri because, before anything else, it’s a paradise.” Yacht Magazine, September, 2022 PDF
Sept. 21, 2022
EXCERPT FROM MASS MEDIA SOCIAL SCULPTURE ZOOM
Lorenzo Romito [referring to the QR ACTIVATIONS]: “We see how this brings it to real time, to real time everywhere. So, this interference between reality and social mass media.. What I found interesting is the way you get the attention by slowing down yourself in an action that makes sense - takes a distance with reality by the slow motion and the possibility that people could access what you’re doing in real time wherever they are in the world. This is part of your social media sculpture that takes place on two layers as was the bridge, being in the newspaper and being physical on the bridge.'“
John Halpern: “Very physical, yeah.”
Zoom: Spontaniamente
Host: Stalker/NoWorking, Lorenzo Romito & Giulia Fioca
Location: Rome, Italy and International fb live
Invite: John Halpern and Emily Harris, ICAI; Guest Margret Wibmer
Topic: MASS MEDIA SCULPTURE
On Sept. 21st, we were invited to present recent “Mass Media Sculptures” and John continued to present his earlier works: “Bridging”, “Fresh Air”, “Smoke Sculpture”, “New Consume”, “A.L.P.S. Project.” For zoom video
John was recognized by Joseph Beuys for his mass media sculpture “Bridging” 1977.
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Picture Histories:
Joseph Beuys, 7000 Oaks (7000 Eichen), 1982, Documenta 7, Kassel, Germany; Beuys and team launch the ambitious planting project requiring many years to complete. Largely unknown, 7,000 Oaks and Basalt lay tribute to 7,000 Jews buried during the Holocaust beneath the plaza across from museum entrance. Article coming soon.
. Joseph Beuys, 7000 Oaks (7000 Eichen), 1982, Documenta 7, Kassel, Germany; Beuys, plants first tree and stone across from museum entrance. Article coming soon.
. John Dileva-Halpern, Operazione: Madre Aria, October 24, 2021, Artists’ Talks, Utopia/Distopia: the myth of progress seen from the South, curated by Kathryn Weir, Museo Madre, Naples, Italy. Performance
. Utopia/Distopia: The Myth of Progress Seen from the South, curator Kathryn Weir, Dir., Sept. 7, 2021 – Feb. 21, 2022, Museo Madre, Naples, Italy.
Nomadic Institute, ICAI/FIU, Bambi Airstream. Location: Parked, Milan, NY
Ronn Smith Interviews I.C.A.I. founders John Halpern and Emily Harris, Creative Dharma #11, August 2021, FIG 1 - uploaded by Hongbo Wang. Link to Article
Recreating Leeds, Recreation and filming of Robert Filliou's Leed’s, an intuitive card game played blindfolded, I.C.A.I. collaboration with Danielle Sweet, Apr 13, 2018, Peter Freeman Gallery, New York, NY. John Dileva-Halpern, Touch the Sky Film Production Director, Emily M. Harris, Restaging Director and Producer of Contemplative Outerwear Blindfolds. Link to fb announcement
Robert Filliou, Leeds Game, 1976, Object
TOUCH THE SKY: An Evening of Cultural Sketches, announcement, May 13, 2019, The New School, New York, NY
WE DO, video still, 2021, Ritual for a Living Future virtual exhibition, curator Monet Clark, International Living Future Institute. Featuring Contemplative Outerwear Caps by Emily M. Harris.
The Institute for Cultural Activism on Your Environment Now with Hildur Palsdottir & Keith Fiveson, 2020
Vocalist Anais Maviel performs Emily Harris' "Contemplative Outerwear Cap #3", WBA, The Stone at The Glass Theater, March 16, 2019, The New School, New York, NY. Photo: Renee Morello
New Consume Fashion Show, TOUCH THE SKY: An Evening of Cultural Sketches, May 13, 2019, The New School, New York, NY
Recreating Leeds, Recreation with Alison Knowles, Alex Halpern, Weronika Trojanska, Zhenya Merkulova, TOUCH THE SKY: An Evening of Cultural Activism, May 13, 2019, The New School, New York, NY
Anthem by Meredith Monk. Performed by Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble and Alarm Will Sound, 2020
FIU: Amsterdam and Institute for Cultural Activism International/FIU: New York, Bolognano, IT. May, 2021. Babeth van Loo, John DiLeva Halpern, Carl Giskes, Emily M Harris, Waldo Bien.
Dileva-Halpern with students from Axel Munthe Highschool, May, 2021, Anacapri, Italy