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Model Model UN: Issues in Practice, a participatory event followed by a public Oxford-style debate.

The California College of the Arts Social Practice Workshop announces Model Model UN: Issues in Practice, a participatory event followed by a public Oxford-style debate. The goal of Model Model UN (MMUN) is to appropriate the form of Model United Nations to examine contemporary art, specifically in the field of Social Practice. Participants draft a resolution that defines this emerging field. If passed, the resulting resolution holds authority over the definition of Social Practice Art for a period of one year (or until the next MMUN).

The event opens at 10am with a key-note speech by Bay Area conceptual artist Stephanie Syjuco. Participants then divide into groups to evaluate the definition of Social Practice in four Focal Regions: Ethics & Engagement, Theoretical & Historical Frameworks, Form & Aesthetics, and Duration & Sustainability. The resolutions from each Focal Region are voted up or down and condensed into one final resolution.

Model Model UN transitions into an Oxford-style debate, open to the public. Ted Purves, Chair of the MFA Program at California College of the Arts— home of the first graduate program in Social Practice-- will moderate this historic event. During the debate, two teams argue for or against the single resolution, “Social Practice is....” Audience members vote before and after the debate and the winning team is that which sways the most opinions. In this way, the public has the final say on a new definition of Contemporary Art.

Model Model UN
10am to 4pm
February 22nd, 2013
California College of the Arts
Department of Art, Social Practice Workshop
1111 Eighth Street San Francisco, CA 94107
503-781-8764

Model Model UN Public Debate
6pm to 8pm
February 22nd, 2013
California College of the Arts
Department of Art, Social Practice Workshop
1111 Eighth Street San Francisco, CA 94107
415-703-9500

RSVP before February 8th for full participation in the events.
Contact: jwick@cca.edu.
For general information contact ltaylor@cca.edu.

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