Micro Museum
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| Established | 1986 |
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| Type | Interdisciplinary arts center |
| Founder | Kathleen Laziza |
| Director | Kathleen Laziza |
| Public transit access | Bergen Street |
| Website | www |
Micro Museum is an interdisciplinary arts center and art museum located in the Boerum Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. Since its inception, the museum has "presented multiple 1000s of emerging artists from every major discipline from annual International Video Art Festivals, to Public Access TV broadcast, to videoart works streaming via the Internet Video Archives.[1]"
The museum is organized as a 501(c)3 nonprofit, a registered trademark, a New York State registered charitable organization[2], and a founding member of the Brooklyn Cultural Circuit.[3]
History
Micro Museum was founded in 1986 by visual artist and choreographer Kathleen Laziza, in collaboration with husband digital artist William Laziza.[4] It is incorporated as Promote Art Works, Inc. Kathleen Laziza serves as primary curator. Guest curators have included William Laziza, Carol Goss,[5] Juliette Pellitier[6], Luca Curci[7].
Micro Museum is located in a three story building from the early 1900s, expanded in 1930[8]. Its 2000 square feet include galleries on two floors and a performance suite that seats 60 people.[9]
In 1999, Micro Museum was the recipient of approximately 245 78 RPM records from the philharmonic record collection[10] of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. These records are now part of the installation ‘The Prepared Victrola’. In 2013, 18 Micro Museum videoart pieces were added to the Internet Video Archives and Moving Image Archive[11] in collaboration with The New Museum’s XFR STN[12] where visitors can search by name to view 11 videos of Kathleen Laziza's work and 7 videos of William Laziza's work.
Gallery
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Micro Museum evening arts event
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Interactive performative installation
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Guest artist Fredrix
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Youngsters atop Micro Museum's 'Big Chair'
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Kathleen Laziza's 'Spring Fever' festive wear
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Micro Museum and Brooklyn Heights Playground Committee inspiring young artists
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Micro Museum interactive gallery
Community involvement
Micro Museum was inspired by interdisciplinary museum approaches including Menil Collection in Houston, TX; Collection de l'art brut in Lausanne, Switzerland (established by Jean Dubuffet); Baltimore’s American Visionary Art Museum (founded by director Rebecca Alban Hoffberger); other single focus destinations include: Musée Gustave Moreau and Musée Zadkine in Paris, France and City Reliquary in Brooklyn.
Kathleen Laziza finds inspiration from artist Yoko Ono for her participatory art and social justice. Other inclusionary community efforts that highlight the philosophy of Micro Museum are Brooklyn Borough President’s cultural tourism initiatives, and the joint educational program by the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore), and Columbia University Teachers College (New York).
The museum’s many educational programs have included summer arts camps[13], and "performs a tricky balancing act between a space for serious art and a stomping ground for community members young and old."[14]
Founding directors
Kathleen Laziza is an artist who began her career as a painter and dancer, studying with – Eric Hawkins, Lucia Dlugoszewski, Alwin Nicholas, Murray Louis, Merce Cunningham, Hanya Holm, and Dalcroze School of Music. By the late 1970s, her work expanded to include performance art. Shortly after relocating from Austin, TX to New York in 1980, she began the Laziza Electrique Dance Co, an experimental network of artists who participated in the creation of mixed media works. She performed with choreographer Nancy Zendora, Twyla Tharp, and served as Director of the Brooklyn Dance Consortium by Elise Bernhardt. Her videodances were the subject of the lead article in an MIT Press publication 2, ‘The Intersection of Dance, Technology and Performance Art’. She has been a guest lecturer for New York Public Library Lincoln Center Dance Collections. Two of her videodances aired at Walter Reade Theater in 2000. Ms. Laziza's premiere work ‘The Crystal Box’ (2001) was a live mix from eight feeds and simultaneous broadcast over the internet and through cable distribution in Manhattan and Sacramento, CA.[15]
William Laziza’s professional experience as a systems engineer informs his art. Producer and primary fabricator of sculptures and media installations on display at Micro Museum, he has frequently collaborated with music and media artists since the 1990s. He is a member of the North East Solar Energy Coalition, and was active with Arts & Science Collaboration, Inc. (ASCI, which morphed into the virtual reality environment in ‘Second Life’).[15]
William Laziza was involved in the earliest days of New York University’s Interactive Telecommunication Project (ITP) and collaborated in David Linton’s 'Unity Gain'. In 2000, Laziza’s interactive installation work ‘The Videograph’ was featured in a New York Times special report1, ‘Art of the Future’. In 2001, the Lazizas were granted the first-ever cyberartists in residence at Downtown Community Television. For this residency, Mr. Laziza designed ‘The Crystal Box’, virtual digital environments mixed live with five cameras, three dancers, two pre-recorded video sources, five visual instruments, and a live webcam transmission.[16][17]
References
- ↑ Laziza, Kathleen (1996). "Laziza Videodance and Lumia Project: The Intersection of Dance, Technology and Performance Art". Leonardo. 29 (3): 173–182. doi:10.2307/1576242. JSTOR 1576242.
- ↑ Whitfield, Emily (Oct 6, 2011). The Hot Seat: Kathleen Laziza (Cate Corcoran ed.). Kael Goodman. Search this book on
- ↑ "The Brooklyn Cultural Circuit". Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- ↑ "Neighbourhood Treasures- Small Wonder". Time Out New York. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
- ↑ "Goss / Curriculum Vitae". Improvart.com. 1996-11-02. Retrieved 2016-09-15.
- ↑ "Juliette Pellitier". www.micromuseum.com/press-media.
- ↑ "Luca Curci Architetto Bari - Italy". www.lucacurci.com.
- ↑ "123 Smith St. in Boerum Hill : Sales, Rentals, Floorplans | StreetEasy". streeteasy.com.
- ↑ Croghan, Lore (May 1, 2014). Walk On By: A gallery crawl near Downtown Brooklyn. Brooklyn: Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Search this book on
- ↑ "Press+Media".
- ↑ "Download & Streaming : Moving Image Archive : Internet Archive". Retrieved 2016-09-15.
- ↑ "New Museum - Digital Archive". Archive.newmuseum.org. 2013-09-08. Retrieved 2016-09-15.
- ↑ "Thor, Brooklyn". tomatoshouseofrock.com. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
- ↑ Murphy, Kelly (2013). "The New York Transit Museum, The Toy Museum, MoCADX and the Micro Museum – Four Brooklyn Museums Beyond the Brooklyn Museum". Brooklyn: Brainstorm LLC.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 "Above and Beyond". www.nyartbeat.com. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
- ↑ New York Times Millennium Section January 1, 2000
- ↑ Leonardo Magazine for the International Society of Arts, Science and Technology published by MIT Press, June, 1996
External links
- MicroMuseum.com
- Micro Museum timeline
- Article by Kathleen Laziza
- Laziza Videdance and Lumia Project: The Intersection of Dance, Technology and Performance Art
- New York Cool article
- Brownstoner interview with Kathleen Laziza
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