Site Read

Paula Marincola, Bruce Altshuler, Yves Aupetitallot, Mary Jane Jacob, Lu Je

I]t is not the physical site that makes for important innovation, but the multiple contexts in which that site is discursively embedded. We might even begin to speak of discursive sites, extending the notion of exhibition siting beyond that of physical location. And that expanded sense of site points to a larger discussion of artistic intention, viewer interpretation, and the significance of cultural objects.??Bruce Altshuler0In this anthology, seven exhibition makers lay out the motivations, conditions, logistics, and consequences of shows they organized that now stand as icons of structural innovation in terms of site. These exhibitions treat the museum as a studio (with works realized on-site); appear outside the museum (in the landscape, in domestic spaces, in the street, in the sky); and take the form of publishing or broadcasting (in books, online, or on television), dispersing...