Auteur: AIVP
Source: Boston Institute of Contemporary Art Projects (ICA)
Date de parution: Jeudi, 07 Decembre 2006
Type de Document: Actualité
Thème: 5.02 - l'architecture à l interface ville / port, 5.05 - culture et équipement culturel
Langue originale: Anglais
Localisation: Amerique : Etats-Unis : Boston
Langue: Français, Anglais, Espagnol

L'Institut d'Art Contemporain de Boston (ICA) a inauguré, samedi 10 décembre 2006, son nouveau bâtiment au cœur de l'opération de redéveloppement du waterfront sud de la ville. 41 millions de dollars auront été nécessaires pour l'érection d'un bâtiment offrant un panorama ouvert sur le port. Par sa façade, conçue autour d'une grande surface vitrée appuyée par des éléments de bois et de métal, l'ICA apporte symboliquement sa lumière sur le port. Une exposition inaugurale "Super Vision" est programmée jusqu'au 29 avril 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