Summer Salon Series
Every Friday evening, from June 1 through August 31, 2012, The San Diego Museum of Art will be hosting artists, lecturers, poets and performers to investigate the topics of historical fictions and the dissemination of information. Where do we get our news from? Who and what controls our access to information? What are the historical images and myths that affect our current social, cultural and political discourse? How is fiction used by artists to tell stories and create awareness of particular issues? Is there such a thing as the ethical use of propaganda? With such a glut of information at our fingertips, how do we assemble this information into practical knowledge? What are the personal fictions we tell ourselves as individuals? When does "the document" become the event itself in terms of shaping public discourse? These are the types of questions that have been raised since the popularization of postmodernist inquiry in the 20th century, which raise relevant questions for the information age, and serve as an appropriate link between contemporary art and the 15th century art that will be on view at the Museum over the summer.
Fridays, June 1 through August 31, 5:00-9:00 p.m.
June 1 | There Goes the Neighborhood, Micki Davis, Agitprop, Councilman Todd Gloria, Anchi Mei, Brian Goldfarb, Xavier Leonard
June 8 | Mark Tribe, The Donkeys
June 15 | Cognate Collective, Andrew Printer, James Ruelas and Lou Damian
June 22 | Pierre Bismuth, Tim Schwartz, Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
June 29 | Sesshu Foster, The Battle of Algiers
July 6 | Border Corps, The Night James Brown Saved Boston
July 13 | Ash Smith, Periscope Projects, Anna Gray & Ryan Wilson Paulsen
July 20 | Omar Lopez & Alberto Caro, Omar Pimienta with John Pluecker, The Third Party
July 27 | The Yes Men, Katherine Brook, Jacob Turnbloom, Stephanie Lie, The Third Party, Century of the Self
August 3 | Andrew Dinwiddie, Joe Yorty and Kelly Eginton
August 10 | Steve Lambert, Peaking Lights, The Third Party
August 17 | Allison Cobb, Zac Montanaro, Jamilah Abdul-Sabur
August 24 | Rina Banerjee, Gary Garay
August 31 | Mark Dzula, Joshua Tonies, Andrew Printer, The Border Corps and The Third Party