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Anton Koslov Mayr
Anton Mayr is an American photographer, author and film-maker. Anton Mayr is known for his poetry, art criticism and photography Between 1998 and 2008 Koslov-May taught at Parsons School of Design in Paris. In 2000, under the fictitious name of Lee Mayr, Koslov Mayr became one of the winners of prestigious art competition "Search for Art" organized by the Italian fashion company Mandarina Duck. In 2006, Koslov Mayr created the Artout project, which was viewed as an important part of the Institutional Critique movement. Koslov-Mayr worked on film projects with American artists Richard Dailey and Hilton McConnico (Hope, 1999 ), and film-makers Laurent Boutonnat and Mark Boswell (film director), Mark Boswell. Mayr and Boswell collaborated on a number of projects, the most notorious being "The United Nations is Decadent and Depraved", shown in New York and in Moscow in 2009. The project was based on Hunter S. Thomson short story "The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved." In 2010 it w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artout Project
Artout Project, a.k.a. Artout Escort Agency - an experimental art project created in 2006 by Anton Koslov Mayr with an international group of artists, including theater critic and director of Black Box Theater in Oslo Jon Refsdal Moe, artistPer Platou Kate Pendry, Ira Waldron, Georgy Ostretsov Mike Rimbaud, Alexander Kosolapo Eric Poujea Dana Wise, Elena Kovylina, Sena Yoon, Leban and Kleindiens opera singer Evgeny Nikiti and others. The project is a part of the Institutional Critique mouvement, but also relies on relational art practices. The ideas behind the project were formulated by Anton Koslov Mayr in his essay "On Art and Domination", Jon Refsdal Moe's "Staging Cultural Prosperitand Sueli Rolni's "The Geopolitics of Pimpin Artout Project was set up as a service company offering as a product artists' time, rather than any material work. Any interested party can hire an artist to spend time with and this in itself constitutes a creative act. The project was conceived as a medit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |