- Time-Based Art Festival
"The Time-Based Art Festival (TBA Festival) is an annual multi-media art and performance festival presented by the
Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (PICA) and thePacific Northwest College of Art . [ [http://www.pnca.edu/exposure/news/459/pica-tba-pnca] ] It occurs over a two-week period in September inPortland, Oregon .The term Time Based Media (and Time Based Art) was first introduced by UK video art pioneer David Hall in 1972 through his writings in various publications including Studio International. He also established the first Time Based Media undergraduate course at the University for the Creative Arts, Kent, UK in 1972 (then Maidstone College of Art). Use of the term has since rapidly spread around the world, particularly among academics, to identify moving image and sound work by visual artists - a popular development arising only comparatively recently in the mid to late twentieth century.
This festival is "inspired by various European and Australian-modeled Festivals including the renowned Edinburgh and Adelaide Festivals" ("History and Milestones") and features a program of dance, theatre, music, and other events in a variety of venues across the city of Portland, in a
street fair atmosphere like that of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.History
The first TBA Festival occurred in 2003; it was curated by
Kristy Edmunds , who started the PICA in 1995; as artistic director of the PICA, she curated the TBA Festival through 2005, when she left Portland for Australia, to direct theMelbourne International Arts Festival (D'Antoni; "History and Milestones", official PICA webpage).From 2006 to 2008 the TBA Festival was curated by Mark Russell, former artistic director of P.S. 122 for over twenty years (D'Antoni) and artistic director of the
Under the Radar Festival at thePublic Theater , inNew York City . In July 2008, PICA announced thatCathy Edwards , the director of programming for theInternational Festival of Arts and Ideas inNew Haven, CT would be the artistic director for the 2009 and 2010 festivals. [cite news|url=http://blog.oregonlive.com/visualarts/2008/07/cathy_edwards_picas_new_guest.html|title=Cathy Edwards to be PICA's new guest curator|last=Row|first=DK|date=July 28, 2008|work=The Oregonian|accessdate=2008-09-16]Description
According to PICA, the TBA Festival is quote|a contemporary art festival of regional, national, and international artists presenting theatre, dance, music, film, visual exhibition and installation. PICA presents moments of movement and imagery under bridges, over rivers, on stages and throughout the city—all in Portland, Oregon USA. The TBA Festival examines and celebrates every form of contemporary art and is the only festival of its kind in North America. … A constant confluence of artists and audiences, TBA bridges discipline and geography with morning workshops, afternoon lectures, evening performances, outdoor happenings, and late night activity. The wall between artist and audience is very thin, all you have to do is walk through. (Official webpage at PICA)
Recent TBA Festivals
The 3rd annual TBA Festival, held from September 9 through 18, 2005, was listed at "e-flux", an "international network which reaches more than 50,000 visual art professionals on daily bases through its website, e-mail list and special projects. Its news digest – e-flux announcements – distributes information on some of the world's most important contemporary art exhibitions, publications and symposia" (TBA '05 announcement).
The fifth annual TBA Festival (TBA '07), guest curated by Russell, was held from 6 through 16 September 2007 (Beaudoin). "The Affair", an art exhibition and auction held at the Jupiter Hotel, in Portland, was resheduled (moved a week earlier) "to coincide with the Time-Based Art Festival, which appealed to much of the same potential audience," and it was estimated to draw approximately 3,000 to 4,000 attendees due to that change (Libby).
References
*Beaudoin, Stephen Marc. [http://www.crosscut.com/arts-beat/7207/Journal:+Portland's+Time-Based+Art+Festival/ "Arts Beat: Journal: Portland's Time-Based Art Festival:] Reports from the 10-day avante-garde extravaganza, sponsored by the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art and which runs through Sept. 16." "Crosscut Seattle: News of the Great Nearby", September 2007.
12 Jan. 2008.
*Butler, Grant. [http://www.oregonlive.com/entertainment/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/entertainment/11899851079380.xml&coll=7 "Theater Review: TBA Bows Out with Marathon 'Gatsby':] Festival - In the end, the theme 'American voices' both shapes and limits this year's offering". "The Oregonian " 17 Sept. 2007. 14 Jan. 2008 .
*D'Antoni, Tom. [http://www.livepdx.com/Articles/Portland-Events/?launch_pg=AritclePage&launch_sel=1003837 "Portland Events: PICA's Time-Based Art Festival Sparks Portland's Creativity"] . "LivePDX.com: Your Premier Portland City Guide" 27 Aug. 2007. 12 Jan. 2008.
*Libby, Brian. [http://www.oregonlive.com/entertainment/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/entertainment/1190062510185020.xml&coll=7 "An Art Tryst for the Adventurous"] . "The Oregonian " 18 Sept. 2007, Oregon Live. (" [The] Affair - The Jupiter Hotel draws galleries, collectors and spectators interested in what's new"). (Other reviews of the TBA Festival by Brian Libby, published in "The Oregonian ", listed at [http://www.brianlibby.com/visual.htm BrianLibby.com: Visual Arts] .) 12 Jan. 2008.
* [http://www.e-flux.com/shows/view/2138 "Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (PICA): TIME-BASED ART FESTIVAL, Sept. 9-18, 2005:] Innovative, provocative and enviable Real Time Arts", announcement, "e-flux" 19 July 2005. 12 Jan. 2008.
*Stadler, Matthew. [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb3202/is_200511/ai_n17280140 "Remote Viewing: Matthew Stadler on the Time-Based Art Festival"] . "Artforum International", November, 2005, Performance. Full text accessible via "findarticles.com" (premium subscription). 14 Jan. 2008.External links
* [http://www.pica.org/tba/ Time-Based Art Festival] (TBA) – Official webpage at PICA; incl. [http://www.pica.org/about/history.aspx "History and Milestones"] [PICA "About Us"] .)
* [http://www.portlandart.org/newsite/node/232 Time-Based Art Festival 2006] (TBA) – AtPortland Art Center ,July 14 ,2006 . [http://www.portlandart.net/archives/2006/09/time_based_art.html Archive:] Listing of 2006 workshops and other activities] . AccessedJanuary 13 ,2008 .
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