{"id":10852,"date":"2020-12-28T13:58:52","date_gmt":"2020-12-28T18:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=10852"},"modified":"2021-01-05T20:57:58","modified_gmt":"2021-01-06T01:57:58","slug":"ward-shelley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/ward-shelley\/","title":{"rendered":"Ward Shelley"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8108\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-10852-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/WardShelley.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/WardShelley.mp3\">https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/WardShelley.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-10855\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ward-Head-Reactor-copy.tif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10856 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ward.jpg?resize=238%2C238&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"238\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ward.jpg?w=391&amp;ssl=1 391w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ward.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wardshelley.com\/\">Ward Shelley<\/a> works as an artist in New York and Connecticut. He is interested in constructed worlds and intersecting narratives; how they create, mediate and inform each other. He wants to know how things really work.<\/p>\n<p>Shelley specializes in large projects that freely mix architecture and performance. For more than a decade, he has been collaborating with Alex Schweder, using experimental architecture to explore the dance between the designed environment and its consequences. Since 2007, the duo have designed, built, and lived in (or on) seven structures, all of them in locations where the public are invited not only to witness, but also to actively engage with the artists in direct dialogue about their practice\u2014an activity that has coalesced into what they call \u201cperformance architecture.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shelley also works on diagramatic paintings: information-based timelines on culture-related subjects and historical postmortems. He frequently works with Douglas Paulson on installations and environments that attempt to turn mind, text, and meaning inside out (for a better look). They created the <em>\u201cThe Last Library\u201d <\/em>project for Spaces in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Shelley\u2019s work has been exhibited in more than 10 countries and is in a number of museum collections including the Museum of Modern Art, The Whitney Museum, the Brooklyn Art Museum, and The Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art. Shelley received a Painting and Sculpture award from the Joan Mitchell foundation, and has been a fellow of the American Academy in Rome since 2006. He has received NYFA and NEA fellowships in sculpture and new media categories, a Bessie Award for installation art, and grants from the Jerome Foundation and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation. He is represented by Pierogi Gallery in New York.<\/p>\n<p>Information on the book mentioned in the interview &#8211; <b class=\"\"><i class=\"\">The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion<\/i><\/b>\u00a0is a 2012\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Social_psychology\">social psychology<\/a>\u00a0book by\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jonathan_Haidt\">Jonathan Haidt<\/a>, in which the author describes human\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Morality\">morality<\/a>\u00a0as it relates to politics and religion.Haidt presents\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moral_foundations_theory\">moral foundations theory<\/a>, and applies it to the political beliefs of\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Modern_liberalism_in_the_United_States\">liberals<\/a>,\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Conservatives\">conservatives<\/a>, and\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Libertarians\">libertarians<\/a> in the US.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10857\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10857\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10857 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/In-Orbit-walking-wheel.jpg?resize=640%2C427&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/In-Orbit-walking-wheel-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/In-Orbit-walking-wheel-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/In-Orbit-walking-wheel-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/In-Orbit-walking-wheel-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/In-Orbit-walking-wheel-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1365&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/In-Orbit-walking-wheel-scaled.jpg?resize=696%2C464&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/In-Orbit-walking-wheel-scaled.jpg?resize=1068%2C712&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/In-Orbit-walking-wheel-scaled.jpg?resize=630%2C420&amp;ssl=1 630w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/In-Orbit-walking-wheel-scaled.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10857\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In Orbit; 2014 &#8211; A collaboration of Alex Schweder and Ward Shelley in Brooklyn. As a performance, the artists lived on the wheel for 9 days and nights. Walking together turns the wheel and brings them their beds, bathroom, kitchen and desks. photo credit Double Cyclops<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10858\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10858\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10858 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/frogconsumer-5000.jpg?resize=640%2C272&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/frogconsumer-5000-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C435&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/frogconsumer-5000-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C127&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/frogconsumer-5000-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C326&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/frogconsumer-5000-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C652&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/frogconsumer-5000-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C870&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/frogconsumer-5000-scaled.jpg?resize=696%2C296&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/frogconsumer-5000-scaled.jpg?resize=1068%2C454&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/frogconsumer-5000-scaled.jpg?resize=989%2C420&amp;ssl=1 989w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/frogconsumer-5000-scaled.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10858\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Work, Spend, Forget;\u00a02013 &#8211; In this diagram, Shelley traces the parallel histories of consumerism, manufacturing, and marketing using the form of a dissected frog to suggest their effect on society. photo courtesy of Pierogi Gallery.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10876\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10876\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10876 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Room-Where-front-close1200.jpg?resize=640%2C361&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Room-Where-front-close1200.jpg?resize=1024%2C577&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Room-Where-front-close1200.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Room-Where-front-close1200.jpg?resize=768%2C433&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Room-Where-front-close1200.jpg?resize=696%2C392&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Room-Where-front-close1200.jpg?resize=1068%2C602&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Room-Where-front-close1200.jpg?resize=746%2C420&amp;ssl=1 746w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Room-Where-front-close1200.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10876\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Room Where It Happened; 2020 &#8211; A diorama that imagines a series of rooms in which plans are made to alter and direct public opinion for political and economic purposes. An immersive yet diminishing environment, the rooms contain charts, files, books, and notes, all which have a certain historical resonance. Ward Shelley and Douglas Paulson. photo credit: Carlton Bright<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/WardShelley.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing listWard Shelley works as an artist in New York and Connecticut. He is interested in constructed worlds and intersecting narratives; how they create, mediate and inform each other. He wants to know how things really work. 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