Mark Dion | “Neukom Vivarium”
EXCLUSIVE: Mark Dion leads a discussion of his installation Neukom Vivarium (2006) at the Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle.
Mark Dion’s work examines the ways in which dominant ideologies and public institutions shape our understanding of history, knowledge, and the natural world. Appropriating archeological and other scientific methods of collecting, ordering, and exhibiting objects, Dion creates artworks that question the distinctions between “objective” (”rational”) scientific methods and “subjective” (”irrational”) influences.
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LEARN: Mark Dion is featured in the Season 4 (2007) episode Ecology of the Art:21—Art in the Twenty-First Century television series on PBS.
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PHOTO | Mark Dion, Neukom Vivarium, 2006. Courtesy the Seattle Art Museum.
VIDEO | Producer: Susan Sollins & Nick Ravich. Camera: John Gordon Hill. Sound: Charles Tomaras. Editor: Steven Wechsler. Artwork courtesy: Mark Dion. Thanks: Olympic Sculpture Park.
2 Responses to “Mark Dion | “Neukom Vivarium””
I LOVE the Mark Dion piece and spend 3 hours with it each and every Sunday. I volunteer at SAM Olympic Sculpture Park as an Ambassador. It changes all the time and I change as I learn more, see more, watch the changes, learn more about 19 and 20c. naturalists. It is a wonderful thing..a work of art and a place of thought and learning. I am proud of Mark and his vision and proud to present his work to the public every Sunday. And I wear the same orange vest he is wearing. Come by and say hello if your read this and i will give you a special treat.
Marge
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Thanks Marge! It’s been about a year since Art21 has been out to the Vivarium…would you be able to describe some of the changes you’ve seen over the past year?
And as a dedicated guide, what do you make of being part of Dion’s artwork in your orange vest?
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