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In this video, Mel Chin presents his work in a public lecture, followed by a conversation with Tei Carpenter and question-and-answer session with the audience.
Speaker
Mel Chin is a conceptual artist known for a broad range of approaches to artmaking, including public initiatives realized through multidisciplinary, collaborative teamwork and works which enlist science as an aesthetic component to elaborate complex ideas. Throughout his career, Chin has developed a diverse portfolio of projects that employ artistic methods to not only address but intervene in urgent social, political, cultural, and environmental landscapes.
Since the 1980’s, Chin’s work has been exhibited in arts institutions around the world and installed across the United States through site-specific projects, from the ongoing Revival Field, a pioneering application of green remediation practices initiated in 1990, to Unmoored, a 2018 mixed reality experience located in Times Square that envisions a submerged future. Chin was one of the artists featured in the first season of the PBS Series Art of the 21st Century, focused on the theme of “consumption.” His 40-year survey exhibition at the Queens Museum, All Over the Place, was named the best art exhibition of 2018 by Hyperallergic.
Chin is the recipient of numerous awards and grants, including the MacArthur Fellowship in 2019, his election to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2021, and the Hiroshima Art Prize in 2024. His work is included in the collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Menil Collection, and the Whitney Museum of American Art, among others.
Moderator
Tei Carpenter is the founding director of Agency—Agency, a New York City based architectural design practice specializing in cultural and public projects. In parallel to design work, Carpenter is an assistant professor at the Princeton University School of Architecture and creates and leads participatory design and advocacy engagements, with past partners including the Ali Forney Center and the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Her project New Public Hydrant, with Chris Woebken, is held in MoMA’s permanent collection.
Excerpts from Melrose Place © Paramount Global (CBS)
In this video, Mel Chin presents his work in a public lecture, followed by a conversation with Tei Carpenter and question-and-answer session with the audience.
Speaker
Mel Chin is a conceptual artist known for a broad range of approaches to artmaking, including public initiatives realized through multidisciplinary, collaborative teamwork and works which enlist science as an aesthetic component to elaborate complex ideas. Throughout his career, Chin has developed a diverse portfolio of projects that employ artistic methods to not only address but intervene in urgent social, political, cultural, and environmental landscapes.
Since the 1980’s, Chin’s work has been exhibited in arts institutions around the world and installed across the United States through site-specific projects, from the ongoing Revival Field, a pioneering application of green remediation practices initiated in 1990, to Unmoored, a 2018 mixed reality experience located in Times Square that envisions a submerged future. Chin was one of the artists featured in the first season of the PBS Series Art of the 21st Century, focused on the theme of “consumption.” His 40-year survey exhibition at the Queens Museum, All Over the Place, was named the best art exhibition of 2018 by Hyperallergic.
Chin is the recipient of numerous awards and grants, including the MacArthur Fellowship in 2019, his election to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2021, and the Hiroshima Art Prize in 2024. His work is included in the collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Menil Collection, and the Whitney Museum of American Art, among others.
Moderator
Tei Carpenter is the founding director of Agency—Agency, a New York City based architectural design practice specializing in cultural and public projects. In parallel to design work, Carpenter is an assistant professor at the Princeton University School of Architecture and creates and leads participatory design and advocacy engagements, with past partners including the Ali Forney Center and the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Her project New Public Hydrant, with Chris Woebken, is held in MoMA’s permanent collection.
Excerpts from Melrose Place © Paramount Global (CBS)
