Autor: AIVP
Fuente: Boston Institute of Contemporary Art Projects (ICA)
fecha de publicación: Jueves, 07 Decembre 2006
Tipo de documento: Noticias
Tema: 5.02 - arquitectura al interfase ciudad/puerto, 5.05 - cultura y equipamiento cultural
idioma original: Ingles
Localisacion: América : Estados Unidos : Boston
idioma: Espanol, Ingles, Francés

El sábado 10 de diciembre de 2006, el Instituto de Arte Contemporáneo de Boston (ICA) inauguró su nuevo edificio en el corazón de la operación de nuevo desarrollo del frente costero sur de la ciudad. La construcción de este edificio, cuyo costo ascendió a los 41 millones de dólares, ofrece una vista panorámica del puerto. A través de su fachada, concebida alrededor de una gran superficie vidriada apoyada por elementos de madera y metal, la ICA aporta simbólicamente su luz al puerto. La exposición inaugural "Super Vision" está programada hasta el 29 de abril de 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.

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http://www.icaboston.org
http://www.sfgate.com
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