Welcome to the
Philadelphia Avant-Garde Studies Consortium (PASC)
The cultural venues associated with PASC are closed in support of the worldwide effort to slow the spread of the Covid-19 virus. During this time, there is much to see and enjoy on many of the venues' and artists' websites. PASC wishes good health to all.
Among conceptual artist Taji Ra'oof Nahl's "Exclamation Point" series is "Moses," (2020; photo by Theodore A. Harris). Says Nahl, "The 'Exclamation Point' works are in conversation/engagement with other artists' manifestations. In some instances, shifting/redirecting the narrative (as is the case here); in others, simply paying respect to the works that resonate with me. 'Moses' was prompted by the biblical story of parting the Red Sea. As I gaze at Roy Lichtenstein's "Super Sunset," I imagine the great story of deliverance." Look for an interview with Taji Ra'oof Nahl by PASC co-director John Heon, coming soon.
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Join 'Into the Absurd,' Saturdays at 5 p.m.
You're invited to hang out with artists, writers, theater-makers, Saturdays at 5 p.m., brought to you by Philadelphia's own theatre of the absurd, Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium. Click image for IRC's Facebook page; Zoom link changes each week, or you can drop in via Facebook Live. Grab your seat and join the conversation at the virtual IRC table.
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What we doWe believe PASC is a timely initiative that will be a resource for inquiry and collaboration among like-minded scholars, curators, artists, and collectors, generating new research, exhibitions, and performances relating to local and global avant-gardes, as well as Philadelphia’s unique role in the genre.
Who we areCO-DIRECTORS
John Heon David McKnight Michael Taylor STEERING COMMITTEE Tina Brock Christiana Dobrzynski Cheryl Harper Sid Sachs Emily Brewton Schilling ADVISORY BOARD Charles Bernstein Robert Cargni Mitchell Matt Neff Katie Price Jean-Michel Rabaté Mari Shaw |
A resource for scholars, curators, artists and collectorsThe Philadelphia Avant-Garde Studies Consortium (PASC), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, is a network of educational and cultural institutions and associated scholars, artists, curators, and collectors who combine expertise and resources to foster the advanced study of avant-garde movements and promote related special collections, exhibitions, and performances in the greater Philadelphia area and Delaware Valley region.
"Locating the Avant-Garde," PASC's inaugural annual symposium, October 2015
Support for projects and collaborationsArtists of all types who have strong local connections and whose works or archives are in collections in the region are important elements of PASC’s focus. These include, among others, Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray, Morton Schamberg, Charles Sheeler, Thomas Chimes, James Brewton, David Lynch, William Carlos Williams, H.D., Ezra Pound, and Harry Mathews. Likewise, certain fields such as literature, the visual arts, theater, film, music, and architecture are central, as are movements or groups such as Dadaism, Surrealism, Futurism, Fluxus, Oulipo, and the L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E poets.
An interdisciplinary focusGiven the deeply interdisciplinary nature of so many avant-garde movements, other fields not usually considered are pertinent, such as the medical humanities, psychology, philosophy, linguistics, and the history and sociology of science, to name a few. Similarly, although PASC’s main focus is on avant-gardes in Europe and North America, it is not limited to them; the increasingly global nature of avant-garde art and culture requires a global perspective.
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"RE: ACT" with PASC and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, March 2017
"Re: Actions," PASC's second annual symposium, December 2016
Cover of the program for "Pataphysics Then and Now" conference in Philadelphia, March 2014
Join usIf you're interested in participating in PASC or would like to recommend individuals or institutions to be included, please contact us or email pascinitiative [at] gmail.com.
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