Juan Downey
Subtitle: radiant nature
By: organized by Robert Crouch and Ciara Ennis
Contributors: Crouch, Robert (Musician), organizer; Ennis, Ciara, organizer; Pitzer College; Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (Gallery); Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA (Project)
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9780996644525
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Happenings (Art); Exhibitions; Interactive art; Interviews; Chilean Arts; Video art; Kinetic art; Installations (Art); Male artists
Other titles: Radiant nature
Description: Radiant Nature' contributes substantial new scholarship on the early work of Chilean artist Juan Downey (1940-93) through the exploration of works made between 1967 and 1975: interactive sculptures (1967-71); happenings and performances (1968-75); and the Life Cycle Installations (1970-71). Key themes addressed here include the interaction between technology, aesthetics and the body as a means to forge more horizontal forms of participation and more ethical ways to interact with the environment.00Exhibition: Pitzer College Art Galleries, Claremont, United States (09.09. - 08.12.2017) / LACE Gallery, Los Angeles, United States (13.09. - 03.12.2017).
Notes: Published in conjunction with the exhibition held September 9-December 8, 2017, at Pitzer College Art Galleries and September 13-December 3, 2017, at Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions.

"Both the catalogue and the exhibition 'Juan Downey: Radiant Nature' are part of the Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA, a far-reaching and ambitious exploration of Latin American and Latino art in dialogue with Los Angeles, taking place from September 2017 through January 2018 at more than 70 cultural institutions across Southern California"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

"Juan Downey: Radiant Nature" : September 9-December 8, 2017, Pitzer College Art Galleries, Claremont, California, United States.

"Juan Downey: Radiant Nature" : September 13-December 3, 2017, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, California, United States.
Table of contents: title: Juan Downey: radiant nature  -- Robert Crouch and Ciara Ennis; title: Electronic sculptures, 1967-71 --; title: The politics of play in the early work of Juan Downey  -- Ciara Ennis; title: A novel, 1969  -- Juan Downey; title: The use of cybernetics in Juan Downey's early work  -- Julieta González; title: Happenings and performances, 1968-74 --; title: Evidence and encounter: on Juan Downey and Barbara (Lloyd) Dilley's Quartet  -- Grant Wahlquist; title: The ethereal-acoustic: Juan Downey and futurisms  -- Ming-Yuen S. Ma; title: Life cycle installations, 1970-74 --; title: Activating 'The difference which makes a difference': Juan Downey's decolonial field  -- Bill Anthes; title: An interview with Marilys Downey  -- Stuart Comer; title: Exhibition checklist --; title: Selected exhibition history --; title: Juan Downey: radiant nature, 2017.