Mobile Observation, Bard College, CCS, 2008
Curator: Maria Lind
Mobile Observation, Bard College, CCS, 2008
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As the inaugural Artist-in-Residence at the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College (CCS Bard), Raskin was commissioned to undertake a road trip across the American West visiting Cold War monuments including the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG) and the Titan Missile Museum, making sculptures and drawings along the way. In addition to performing site research and synthesizing this research into objects and drawings, a central part of this project involved working with curatorial studies students with whom Raskin maintained weekly contact through phone calls and live radio broadcasts. This project utilized the artist residency and proximity to the artistic process as an environment for collaborative learning. In collaboration with the curatorial studies students, an exhibition of Raskin's work was mounted in the atrium between the Hessel Museum of Art and the Center for Curatorial Studies. Within the space, the artist displayed road-made artworks and artifacts including postcards, several transceiver sculptures, and small rocket sculptures crafted from carcasses of used fireworks. Packaging material from parcels sent from the road as well as a handmade Doomsday Clock were displayed around the front desk, anchoring the exhibition's thematic concerns with the daily functions of the environment.
1986 GMC Vandura at a playground in Stanton, TX
Raskin with 1986 GMC Vandura that was the mobile, Roving Studio, Parking lot behind Avery Film Center, Bard College, NY.
Shadows of Lisi and Kenny Raskin on the 1986 GMC Vandura at "The Boneyard," also known as the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG), Davis-Monthan Airforce Base, 2008
Lisi Raskin drawing while sitting at the Commander's desk in the Command Center of the Titan MIssile Silo, Green Valley, AZ.Full scale models of Patriot and Pershing II missiles on display at the Missile Museum, White Sands Missile Range, NM.Lisi Raskin on top of 1986 GMC Vandura photographing at the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group, ala "The Boneyard," at Davis-Monthan Airforce Base, Tucson, AZ.