The IWT participates in exhibition at the Austrian Cultural Forum
It’s the Political Economy, Stupid Curated by Gregory Sholette and Oliver Ressler January 24 – April 22, 2012 Opening Reception: Mon. Jan 23, 6 – 8 PM IWT has responded to the latest economic disaster by collectively re-envisioning an iconic image from the last fiscal crisis. In the mid-1970s the United States federal government initially refused to assist a then bankrupt New York City until austerity measures were put in place severely curbing spending on public schools, hospitals, libraries, and public transportation. Many see President Gerald Ford’s...
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It’s the Political Economy, Stupid: Agent Andrea DeFelice
Agent Andrea DeFelice http://andreadefelice.squarespace.com/ A custom two-panel acrylic fixture with drawing and mixed media. The back panel features drawings of the national animals of the Eurozone countries, and a dropped phoenix is drawn on the fore-panel. Both panels sandwich a built-in light to illuminate the...
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Ford to City: Drop Dead, 2012, Metal and cast resin IWT has responded to the latest economic disaster by collectively re-envisioning an iconic image from the last fiscal crisis. In the mid-1970s the United States federal government initially refused to assist a then bankrupt New York City until austerity measures were put in place severely curbing spending on public schools, hospitals, libraries, and public transportation. Many see President Gerald Ford’s decision as a punishing, first step towards the adoption of neoliberalism, the radically deregulated economic model responsible for the...
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As self-declared Artists in Residence for the US Government, the Institute for Wishful Thinking (IWT) believes that the community of artists and designers possesses untapped creative and conceptual resources that could be applied to solving social problems. More