Leonard, Craig (Professor of art), author.

The Halifax conference : NSCAD, 6152 Coburg Road, Halifax, Canada, Oct. 5 & 6, 1970 / adapted by Craig Leonard.

Los Angeles : New Documents, [2019]
©2019

183 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm

ND ; 18

"The Halifax Conference presents a transcript of a conference held at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design on October 5-6, 1970, transcribed and adapted by artist Craig Leonard. Organized by Seth Siegelaub, the Conference was conceived as a means of bringing about a "meeting of artists ... [from] diverse art making experiences and art positions ... in as general a situation as possible." Infamously, the conference was held in the college's boardroom, while students and other interested parties watched the proceedings on a video monitor in a separate space. The result was a conversation that devolved--technologically and ideologically--into a quasi-tragicomic farce, punctuated by remarkable moments of rupture initiated by activist resistance to the Conference from the outside and dissenting voices from within. Attendees at the Conference included Carl Andre, Joseph Beuys, Ronald Bladen, Daniel Buren, Gene Davis, Jan Dibbets, Al Held, Mario Merz, Robert Morris, Robert Murray, N.E. Thing Co. (Iain and Ingrid Baxter), Richard Serra, Richard Smith, Robert Smithson, Michael Snow, and Lawrence Weiner." --Provided by the publisher

9781927354322 (pbk.)
1927354323 (pbk.)

Art, Modern 20th century Congresses.
Art 20e siècle Congrès.
Art, Modern

Conference papers (document genres)
proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Actes de congrès.

Siegelaub, Seth, 1941-2013, organizer.
Leonard, Craig, 1969-
Halifax Conference (5 October to 6 October 1970 : Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia)
New documents (New Documents (Firm)) ; 18.

Location: Library main 307134
Call No.: BIB 252641
Status: Available