Enrollment limited to 10; permission of instructor required.

This course is a curatorial seminar designed to contribute to the organization
of an exhibition on the work of Vito Acconci, to be held at the Slought
Foundation in spring 2008.  Tentatively titled "Power Fields: Explorations in
the Work of Vito Acconci," the exhibition will present a highly focused set of
works that address themes important throughout the artist's career, from the
mid-sixties through the present.  These include the roles played by various
kinds of writing, the activation of various kinds of spaces and media, and
their relation to questions of power.   The exhibition will be co-curated by
Professor Poggi and Meredith Malone (Curator, Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis).
Students in the seminar will contribute in significant ways to exhibition
planning, the educational program, publicity, tours (taped or live), the
brochure, the poster, the installation, and more.  Class trips to New York
to visit Acconci-Studio and Electronic Arts Intermix will be organized.

Members of the seminar will also work closely with Aaron Levy, director of the
Slought Foundation.  Aaron Levy will teach a separate, year-long seminar on
curating practices at Slought, and the two courses, although different, will
collaborate in certain ways.  Although History of Art 501 is a one-semester
course, students will be expected to participate in special events that occur
in spring 2008, when the exhibition is on view.

Those interested in taking this seminar should send an email message to
Professor Poggi (cpoggi@sas).   Please include the following information:
background in contemporary art and/or related field, major, year, ability to
attend class trips held on Fridays, ability to contribute in some way during
special events related to the exhibition in the spring 2008, and if relevant,
interest in taking the year-long course taught by Slought Director Aaron Levy.
(Most students would not take both.)