Author: AIVP
Source: Boston Institute of Contemporary Art Projects (ICA)
On sale date: Thursday, 07 December 2006
Type of document: News
Topic: 5.02 - architecture at the city / port interface, 5.05 - culture and cultural facilities
Original language: English
Location: America : United States : Boston
Language: English, French, Spanish

On Saturday 10th December 2006, the Institute of Contemporary Art of Boston (ICA) inaugurated its new building in the centre of the redevelopment operation of the South waterfront of the city. 41 million dollars will have been necessary for the construction of a building providing an open panorama over the port. By its façade, designed around a huge glass surface supported by timber and metal elements, ICA symbolically throws light on the port. An inaugural exhibition "Super Vision" is programmed until the 29th April 2007.

Founded in 1936 as The Boston Museum of Modern Art, the museum was conceived as a laboratory where innovative approaches to art could be championed. In pursuit of this mission, in its early days, the museum established its reputation for identifying important new artists and changed its name a final time to become the Institute of Contemporary Art in 1948.
For more than a half century, the ICA has presented contemporary art in all media—visual arts, film, and video, performance and literature—and created educational programs that encourage an appreciation for contemporary culture. As the ICA’s reputation grew around the nation, it paved the way for institutes and museums of “contemporary art” as well as artists’ spaces and alternative venues. In particular, the ICA led the field in its pioneering support of video art and new media. At the close of the 1990s, several innovative programs strengthened the ICA’s public role, including the teen filmmaking program Fast Forward, where participants become the producers of their own documentaries, and ICA/Vita Brevis, whose temporary installations throughout public spaces in Boston draw critical and popular acclaim.

More Information :
http://www.icaboston.org
http://www.sfgate.com
http://www.bloomberg.com