The encounter will also focus on the creation of the P.S.1, which Alanna Heiss founded in 1976 and directed until 2008 and which started as the most important non-museum of New York and became one of the bastions of Contemporary Art Institutions.
Moreover, this will also be the occasion to discuss Alanna Heiss' current position as Director of AIR. Art International Radio is an Internet-based art radio station operating out of the Clocktower Gallery in Lower Manhattan, NY, that hosts artists residencies, organizes exhibitions and events, and produces its own experimental, art-oriented broadcasts.
The project consists of approximately 25 public events, each dedicated to a specific problematic. The themes that are discussed range from the analysis of the diverse models of exhibition spaces; the relation between economy and art; the definition and identity of the figure of the curator, and other aspects of doing and producing exhibitions. A particular attention is given to the Italian panorama.
