Antoinette LaFarge is a new media artist and writer known for her work with mixed-reality performance and projects exploring the conjunction of visual art and fiction.
28-588: [REDACTED] Look up lafarge in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. La Farge , LaFarge or Lafarge can refer to: People [ edit ] Antoinette LaFarge (1966–), American artist and writer Christopher Grant LaFarge (1862–1938), American architect and partner in the firm Heins & LaFarge Christopher Grant La Farge (author) (1897–1956), American author Daisy Lafarge (1992–), British poet and writer Guy Lafarge, songwriter for France in
56-632: A faculty of more than 1,100 and a student body of over 3,000. It offers 11 undergraduate and 22 graduate degree programs, and is accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools and the National Association of Schools of Art and Design . Its second president, David Rhodes (appointed in 1978), is the son of founder Silas Rhodes. The interior design BFA
84-439: A kind of "virtual vaudeville" in which boundaries between performers and viewers were fluid and unstable, allowing for highly kinetic and absurdist interactions. LaFarge served as the "Digital.Director" of many of these performances, directing them in real time. The first series, "Christmas" (1994–95), was followed by several others, including "LittleHamlet" (1995), "Gutter City" (1995), "The Candide Campaign" (1996), forming one of
112-711: A member of the College Arts Association since 1996 and was a member of SITE Gallery, Los Angeles from 1989 to 1991. She is currently Professor of Digital Media at the University of California, Irvine , and she previously taught at the School of Visual Arts, New York, in the Computer Art M.F.A. program and in the Photography and Related Media M.F.A. program (1995–1999). In 1994, LaFarge founded
140-887: A small library called Library West which houses books specifically on animation, comics, illustration and art therapy. The buildings at 132 and 136 West 21st Street have offices, classrooms and studios for art criticism , art education , art therapy , cartooning , computer art , design , illustration and writing . The building at 132 West 21st Street houses the Visible Futures Lab, a workshop featuring traditional and emerging fabrication technology, which regularly hosts artists in residence. There are several residence halls available for students at SVA, including: SVA maintains three permanent gallery locations across its campus—SVA Gramercy Gallery, SVA Flatiron Gallery, and SVA Chelsea Gallery—which exhibit work from both students and established creative professionals. Every year,
168-696: Is accredited by the Council for Interior Design Accreditation, the art therapy MPS is approved by the American Art Therapy Association , and the art education MA is accredited by the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation . The current school logo was created in 1997 by George Tscherny for its 50th anniversary, and redesigned in 2013. In 2019 the school began the process of converting to nonprofit, with
196-716: The Gramercy Park neighborhood, on Manhattan's east side, and in the Chelsea neighborhood, on the west side. There is a residence hall on Ludlow Street, in the Lower East Side. From 1994 to 1997, it had a branch campus in Savannah, Georgia ; this was closed following a lawsuit from the Savannah College of Art and Design . The library holds books, periodicals, audio recordings, films and other media;
224-622: The Institute of Cultural Inquiry , a Los-Angeles-based nonprofit, for which she has designed several books, including Benjamin's Blind Spot (2001) and Bataille's Eye (1997). School of Visual Arts The School of Visual Arts New York City ( SVA NYC ) is a private for-profit art school in New York City . It was founded in 1947 and is a member of the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design . This school
252-665: The Milton Glaser Design Study Center and Archives, which comprises the collections of Chermayeff & Geismar , Seymour Chwast , Heinz Edelmann , Milton Glaser , Steven Heller , Ed McCabe , James McMullan , Tony Palladino , George Tscherny and Henry Wolf ; and the SVA Archives, a repository for materials pertaining to the college's history. The building at 133 to 141 West 21st Street, between Sixth Avenue and Seventh Avenue in Chelsea , has studios for drawing and painting classes, and
280-596: The Plaintext Players , an internet performance group that began creating original pieces early in the Web era. Initially, the Plaintext Players performed solely in text-based virtual environments such as MOOs , creating directed cyberformances or "netprovs" viewable by both online audiences and visitors in real spaces, where the performances were viewed as projections. These improvisatory works were
308-601: The School of Visual Arts , New York, in 1995, and her A.B. degree from Harvard University . She also briefly attended the San Francisco Arts Institute from 1980–1981 where she studied with Jim Pomeroy , Jack Fulton, and Robert Colescott . At Harvard University, her thesis was Proust and the Function of Metaphor . She is the great-great-granddaughter of American artist John La Farge . She has been
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#1732773069631336-685: The 2000 show SHIFT-CTRL: Computers, Games, and Art and 2004's ALT+CTRL: A Festival of Independent and Alternative Games , the latter of which was supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts . Both were produced by the Beall Center for Art + Technology at the University of California, Irvine. In her show catalog essay "WinSide Out", LaFarge traces how the historical links between art and games have become strengthened in
364-551: The 2011 Fox animated comedy Allen Gregory ; and the 2012 film The Hunger Games . In 2013, Beyoncé held a release party and screening for her record-setting, self-titled visual album at the theatre. Community partners that have used the theatre include the Tribeca and GenArt film festivals, Mayor Michael Bloomberg 's PlaNYC environmental initiative, and the Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre & Broadcasting . The theater
392-757: The Antarctic Peninsula Lafarge Lake–Douglas Station , the SkyTrain terminus station of the Evergreen Line extension to Coquitlam, in Metro Vancouver, Canada La Fargeville, New York , a hamlet in New York, United States Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Lafarge . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
420-866: The Dark Kenneth Lafarge, character in the novel Drakon Companies [ edit ] Lafarge (company) , French industrial company LafargeHolcim , merger of Holcim and Lafarge cement firms Lafarge Tarmac , British industrial company Places [ edit ] Gare de Lafarge , a train station in Saint-Hilaire-les-Places, France La Farge , a village in Wisconsin, United States Lafarge Falls , in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Lafarge Lake , in British Columbia, Canada Lafarge Rocks , near
448-852: The Eurovision Song Contest 1957 Henri Pavin de Lafarge (1889–1965), French businessman and politician Jean-Baptiste Lafarge, actor in La Crème de la crème John La Farge (1835–1910), American stained glass artist and writer John LaFarge, Jr. (1880–1963), American Jesuit priest L. Bancel LaFarge (1900–1989), American architect Marie Lafarge (1816–1852), French murderer Oliver La Farge (1901–1963), American writer and anthropologist Paul La Farge (1970–2023), American novelist Peter La Farge (1931–1965), American folk singer Pokey LaFarge (1983–), American musician and songwriter Fictional characters [ edit ] Henri LaFarge, butler in A Shot in
476-520: The Rapture (2008, with Robert Allen), Hangmen Also Die (2010, with Robert Allen), Galileo in America (2011, with Robert Allen), and Far-Flung follows function (2012, with Ursula Endlicher and Robert Allen). Playing the Rapture spun off two related video installations that continued the original work's theme of conscious reflection on a game world in which two gamers are beta-testing a game about
504-432: The Rapture. A recurrent theme in these works is the struggle of individuals to come to terms with the nexus of history, politics, mythmaking, and media. She has worked with performer-director Kim Weild , visual artist Adrianne Wortzel , sound artist Cuca Esteves, writer Aida Croal, and many other theater artists, performers, and programmers. LaFarge also co-curated two very early U.S. exhibitions showcasing computer games:
532-610: The SVA Chelsea Gallery stages an exhibition for its Masters Series recipient, who are honored with both an award and retrospective exhibition. The 2022 Masters Series Recipient was photographer, MacArthur Genius Grant -, and Pulitzer Prize -winner Lynsey Addario for her documentation of civilian life in conflict zones; the retrospective was covered by publications such as the New York Times , The Guardian , and Vanity Fair . The Theatre, also known as
560-770: The SVA Theatre, is at 333 West 23rd Street, between Eighth Avenue and Ninth Avenue, in Chelsea. The site was formerly called the 23rd Street Theatre, and served as the home of the Roundabout Theatre Company , from 1972 until 1984; when their lease expired, the venue was converted into a movie theatre, the Clearview Chelsea West Cinema. It was purchased in 2008, renovated, and reopened in January 2009. Milton Glaser designed
588-475: The SVA alumni organization (which is already an IRS tax-exempt entity) planning to purchase the school from its owners, who are retiring. Commencement speakers have included Susan Sontag , Carrie Mae Weems , Gloria Steinem , Roxane Gay , and John Waters . In 2024, the school received an honorary "SVA Way" co-naming at the intersection of 23rd St. and 3rd Ave. in recognition of its institutional presence in
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#1732773069631616-495: The computer era by various forces that promoted "a culture of involvement on the part of players." Another area of interest for LaFarge has been forgery, and in 1991 she founded the Museum of Forgery, a conceptual art project exploring the taboos around forgery. LaFarge's writing ranges from essays on new media, performance, games, and fictive art to performance scripts and fiction. Since 1990, LaFarge has been an Associate of
644-514: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lafarge&oldid=1201801387 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Antoinette LaFarge LaFarge received her M.F.A. degree in Computer Art from
672-406: The most extensive oeuvres of early cyberspace performance. Starting in the late 1990s, LaFarge and the Plaintext Players worked with theater director Robert Allen on several telematic mixed-reality performance works, including The Roman Forum (2000), The Roman Forum Project (2003), and Demotic (2004/2006). A recurrent theme in these works is the struggle of individuals to come to terms with
700-517: The neighborhood since 1960. The continuing education division offers noncredit courses from most departments; a selection of advertising , branding , cartooning , copywriting , illustration and marketing courses taught in Spanish ; professional development and corporate training courses; and summer residency programs. The school offers short-term study abroad programs in various creative fields. The school has several buildings in
728-777: The nexus of history, politics, mythmaking, and media. For instance, the two "Roman Forum" projects took a close look at contemporary presidential politics through the eyes of 2000-year-old citizens of the Roman empire, while Demotic examined the many voices that vie to be heard within the American polity. Demotic is summarized in Narrabase. LaFarge and Allen coined the term "media commedia" to describe their melding of political comedy with media-rich performance work. Other performance works and installations by LaFarge include Reading Frankenstein (2003, with director Annie Loui), Playing
756-481: The theatre's renovated interior and exterior, including the sculpture situated atop its marquee. The 20,000-square-foot (1,900 m ) facility houses two separate auditoriums, one with 265 seats and one with 480, and hosts class meetings, lectures, screenings and other public events. It has also hosted the red-carpet New York première of Ethan Hawke's The Daybreakers and a diverse list of world premières, ranging from Lucy Liu 's 2010 feature documentary Redlight , to
784-534: Was started by Silas H. Rhodes and Burne Hogarth in 1947 as the Cartoonists and Illustrators School ; it had three teachers and 35 students, most of whom were World War II veterans who had a large part of their tuition underwritten by the U.S. government's G.I. Bill . It was renamed the School of Visual Arts in 1956 and offered its first degrees in 1972. In 1983, it introduced a Master of Fine Arts in painting , drawing and sculpture . The school has
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