Open Practice Committee

The Open Practice Committee in the Department of Visual Arts at the University of Chicago explores the atmospheres and attitudes that make art contemporary. The Open Practice Committee's programming fosters a genuinely experimental, yet conceptually rigorous environment - a space in which strategies of production and description are challenged and renewed. From the conventional departmental presentation to the unconventional institutional event, the Open Practice Committee aims to advance our collective understanding of theory and practice within the visual arts.

Video Archive

Brian Holmes, 1 November 2007, "Escape the Overcode", Sponsored by the Contemporary Art Workshop and the Open Practice Committee in the Department of Visual Arts.

Eleanor Heartney, 8 November 2007, "Art Today: Tales of Plastic Surgery, Genetically Altered Rabbits, and Other Acts of Art.", Sponsored by the Contemporary Art Workshop and the Open Practice Committee in the Department of Visual Arts.

Yve-Alain Bois, 29 November 2007, "Pseudomorphism: What to make of Look-alikes?", Sponsored by the Department of Art History's Smart Lecture Series.

Jessica Morgan, 22 February 2008, Contemporary Art at Tate Modern, Sponsored by the Open Practice Committee in the Department of Visual Arts and the Nicholson Center for British Studies.

Committee Members

Tania Bruguera, chair
Matthew Jesse Jackson
Stephanie Smith

For More Information Contact

Zachary Cahill
Open Practice Committee Coordinator
zcahill@uchicago.edu