{"id":2218,"date":"2017-09-29T23:22:07","date_gmt":"2017-09-29T23:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebirthofeverything.com\/authorsite\/lenore-malen\/"},"modified":"2018-08-20T00:22:01","modified_gmt":"2018-08-20T00:22:01","slug":"lenore-malen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/lenore-malen\/","title":{"rendered":"Lenore Malen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lenoremalen.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-6722 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/thebirthofeverything.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/bScreen-Shot-2017-07-26-at-9.00.27-PM-copy-copy-297x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thebirthofeverything.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/bScreen-Shot-2017-07-26-at-9.00.27-PM-copy-copy.png 297w, https:\/\/thebirthofeverything.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/bScreen-Shot-2017-07-26-at-9.00.27-PM-copy-copy-1.png 768w, https:\/\/thebirthofeverything.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/bScreen-Shot-2017-07-26-at-9.00.27-PM-copy-copy-2.png 696w, https:\/\/thebirthofeverything.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/bScreen-Shot-2017-07-26-at-9.00.27-PM-copy-copy-3.png 415w, https:\/\/thebirthofeverything.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/bScreen-Shot-2017-07-26-at-9.00.27-PM-copy-copy-4.png 981w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>Lenore Malen<\/a> is a New York based interdisciplinary artist. In 1999 she invented <a href=\"http:\/\/thenewsociety.org\/\">The New Society for Universal&nbsp;Harmony<\/a>, a fictional re-creation of an l8th century utopian society, and ever since she has used the lens of history&mdash;and humor&mdash;to explore utopian longings, dystopic aftermaths, and the sciences and technologies that inform them.<\/p>\n<p>She uses diverse media in all of her projects, incorporating performance, photography, film\/video, multi-screen projection, installation and fiction writing.&nbsp; Recently her&nbsp;explorations have focused on ecology, on cultural myths, and on the unstable boundaries between humans and animals.&nbsp;She&rsquo;s currently working on a film &ldquo;Scenes From Paradise,&rdquo; a dark comedy in which the cautionary tale, Eden, is made newly relevant by the ticking clock of climate change, habitat loss and extinction.<\/p>\n<p>Malen received a BA in Art History from Skidmore College, a MA in Art history from the University of Pennsylvania. She received a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship and NYFA and NYSCA awards in Interdisciplinary Art. She teaches in the MFA Fine Arts Program at Parsons\/The New School.<\/p>\n<p>The books mentioned in the interview are&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Adam-Eve-Serpent-Elaine-Pagels\/dp\/B000GJP7H6\/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1506620234&amp;sr=1-2&amp;keywords=Adam+and+Eve+and+the+Serpent\">Adam, Eve and the Serpent by Elaine Pagels<\/a> and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mitpress.mit.edu\/books\/history-and-obstinacy\">History and Obstinacy by Alexander Kluge and Oskar Negt<\/a>&nbsp;as well as&nbsp;Cary Wolfe&rsquo;s <a href=\"http:\/\/press.uchicago.edu\/ucp\/books\/book\/chicago\/B\/bo14171850.html\">Before the Law: Humans and Other Animals in a Biopolitical Frame<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Read more about Lenore here with <a href=\"http:\/\/lenoremalen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Scenes-from-Paradise-Malen-1.pdf\">Scenes from Paradise<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/lenoremalen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/NewSociety.pdf\">New Society<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6709 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/thebirthofeverything.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Art-Omi-Adam-and-Eve-LM-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thebirthofeverything.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Art-Omi-Adam-and-Eve-LM.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thebirthofeverything.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Art-Omi-Adam-and-Eve-LM-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thebirthofeverything.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Art-Omi-Adam-and-Eve-LM-2.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thebirthofeverything.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Art-Omi-Adam-and-Eve-LM-3.jpg 696w, https:\/\/thebirthofeverything.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Art-Omi-Adam-and-Eve-LM-4.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/thebirthofeverything.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Art-Omi-Adam-and-Eve-LM-5.jpg 747w, https:\/\/thebirthofeverything.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Art-Omi-Adam-and-Eve-LM-6.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/thebirthofeverything.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Art-Omi-Adam-and-Eve-LM-7.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scenes From Paradise (Live Performance) Art Omi International Art Center, Omi New York 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6710 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/thebirthofeverything.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Acquinus-Studio-Installation-2015-1024x625.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thebirthofeverything.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Acquinus-Studio-Installation-2015.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thebirthofeverything.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Acquinus-Studio-Installation-2015-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thebirthofeverything.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Acquinus-Studio-Installation-2015-2.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thebirthofeverything.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Acquinus-Studio-Installation-2015-3.jpg 696w, https:\/\/thebirthofeverything.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Acquinus-Studio-Installation-2015-4.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/thebirthofeverything.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Acquinus-Studio-Installation-2015-5.jpg 688w, https:\/\/thebirthofeverything.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Acquinus-Studio-Installation-2015-6.jpg 1072w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Acquinas (Studio Installation) 2015<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lenore Malen is a New York based interdisciplinary artist. In 1999 she invented The New Society for Universal&nbsp;Harmony, a fictional re-creation of an l8th century utopian society, and ever since she has used the lens of history&mdash;and humor&mdash;to explore utopian longings, dystopic aftermaths, and the sciences and technologies that inform them. She uses diverse media [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2243,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2218","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-interview","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2218"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2244,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2218\/revisions\/2244"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}