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Join artist Sam Durant, whose High Line Plinth commission Untitled (drone) has inspired this symposium, alongside Omer Fast, whose 2011 work 5,000 Feet is Best has been a touchstone for artworks addressing drone warfare for over ten years.
Featuring:
Sam Durant, artist;
Omer Fast, artist;
Moderated by Melanie Kress, High Line Art Associate Curator.
Remote Control: Surveying Drones and Culture Today
This event is part of the symposium Remote Control: Surveying Drones and Culture Today, organized by High Line Art and the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at The New School, in collaboration with writer and researcher Arthur Holland Michel. The symposium is convened by High Line Art in the context of artist Sam Durant‘s High Line Plinth commission Untitled (drone) and the Vera List Center's As for Protocols Focus Theme and was preceded by As for Protocols Seminar 7: Drones and the Bird’s-Eye View, September 20, 2021.Â
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The Vera List Center’s participation in Remote Control is made possible, in part, by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Arts, the Ford Foundation, and the Kettering Fund, as well as the members of the Vera List Center Board and The New School.
Lead support for High Line Art comes from Amanda and Don Mullen. Major support is provided by Shelley Fox Aarons and Philip E. Aarons, The Brown Foundation, Inc. of Houston, and Charina Endowment Fund. Additional support is provided by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. High Line Art is supported in part, with a grant from the National Endowment of the Arts and with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the New York City Council, under the leadership of Speaker Corey Johnson.
Major support for the High Line Plinth is provided by members of the High Line Plinth Committee and contemporary art leaders committed to realizing major commissions and engaging in the public success of the Plinth: Shelley Fox Aarons and Philip E. Aarons, Jennifer and Jonathan Allan Soros, Elizabeth Belfer, Suzanne Deal Booth, Fairfax Dorn, Steve Ells, Kerianne Flynn, Andy and Christine Hall, Hermine Riegerl Heller and David B. Heller, J. Tomilson and Janine Hill, The Holly Peterson Foundation, Annie Hubbard and Harvey Schwartz, Miyoung Lee and Neil Simpkins, Dorothy Lichtenstein, Amanda and Don Mullen, Douglas Oliver and Sherry Brous, Mario Palumbo and Stefan Gargiulo, Susan and Stephen Scherr, Susan and David Viniar, and Anonymous.
Presented by the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at the Schools of Public Engagement and High Line Art.
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Melanie Kress is a curator and writer based in New York. She is the Associate Curator for High Line Art, where since 2014 she has commissioned and produced projects with artists including Maria Thereza Alves, Lubaina Himid, Zoe Leonard, Ligia Lewis, Sable Elyse Smith, and Will Rawls, among many others...
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Across drawings, sculptures, installations, and community-driven public projects, Durant examines the ways in which groups of people make their values visible and heard in public space. Over the past two decades, Durant has investigated the nature of public space—both its physical manifestation with monuments and public institutions, and the activities that take place in the public realm, including political rallies and civic uprisings. His work is represented in major collections worldwide, including Tate, London, England; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Museum of Modern Art, New York; and Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, Belgium. He lives and works in Berlin, Germany.
Across drawings, sculptures, installations, and community-driven public projects, Durant examines the ways in which groups of people make their values visible and heard in public space. Over the past two decades, Durant has investigated the nature of public space—both its physical manifestation with monuments and public institutions, and the activities that take place in the public realm, including political rallies and civic uprisings. His work is represented in major collections worldwide, including Tate, London, England; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Museum of Modern Art, New York; and Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, Belgium. He lives and works in Berlin, Germany.
Sonia Kennebeck is an award-winning director and producer and has released three critically-acclaimed independent feature films: NATIONAL BIRD (Berlinale Special 2016), ENEMIES OF THE STATE (TIFF 2020), and UNITED STATES VS. REALITY WINNER (SXSW 2021). She received funding from ITVS, Logan Foundation, International Documentary Association, Sundance, and other foundations, and her work has been distributed by IFC Films, PBS, Netflix, and Hulu. Kennebeck received the 2021 Adrienne Shelly Excellence in Filmmaking Award and she was on DOC NYC’s 40 Under 40 list. In 2016, Foreign Policy magazine recognized Kennebeck as one of 100 Leading Global Thinkers and she was one of Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces of Independent Film. Kennebeck is a first-generation college graduate and was born in Malaysia.
Melanie Kress is a curator and writer based in New York. She is the Associate Curator for High Line Art, where since 2014 she has commissioned and produced projects with artists including Maria Thereza Alves, Lubaina Himid, Zoe Leonard, Ligia Lewis, Sable Elyse Smith, and Will Rawls, among many others. In 2010 she co-founded and directed the Brooklyn-based project space Concrete Utopia. She holds a BA in Art History and Visual Arts from Barnard College and an MA in Contemporary Art Theory from Goldsmiths College. She is a Critic at Yale School of Art.
