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- Title
Franklin Furnace and Martha Wilson: On a Mission to Make the World Safe for Avantgarde Art Art and Real Estate: Interview Part 1.
- Authors
Sant, Toni
- Abstract
This article presents an interview with Martha Wilson, founder and director of the artists' institution Franklin Furnace, regarding the early days of the institution, its mission and programs, managing an artists' space in New York, the institutions legal and political battles and the move from 112 Franklin Street to the Internet. According to Wilson, she decided to put so much emphasis, as part of the celebration of Franklin Furnace's first 25 years, not just on the institution's place but also the spatial dynamics that have determined the organization's modus operandi and aspects of the events presented by the Furnace. Recalling way back in 1975 , the original concept for Franklin Furnace was that it would be the Franklin Street Arts Center. Each floor would have an activity. She was on the ground floor and since there were already bookcases and she was interested in books she would obviously have a bookstore, and artist Willoughby Sharp would have a video theatre, somebody else would have film screening and editing services.
- Subjects
NEW York (State); WILSON, Martha; AMERICAN artists; ARTISTS' studios; INTERNET; ARTS facilities; BOOKSTORES; MOTION picture editing
- Publication
TDR: The Drama Review (MIT Press), 2005, Vol 49, Issue 1, p29
- ISSN
1054-2043
- Publication type
Interview
- DOI
10.1162/1054204053327798