The INSTITUTE FOR
AESTHETIC ADVOCACY
IAA Art Installations:
Juried, Peer-Reviewed, & Funded
The Institute for Aesthetic Advocacy -- which is, at its heart, a ragtag
team of artists and critics -- has produced its own body of artwork
which has been displayed in local, national, and international
juried and grant-funded group
and solo shows.
We focus our aesthetic weapons on the following X's that are Ying:
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Environmental Illness
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Scientific and Legal Disputes on EMFs
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Disability
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Mental Health
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Crime and Violence
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Cross-Cultural Communication in a post-digital world
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Free Speech and Artistic Freedom
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Reproductive Rights
Our upcoming artistic interventions are here.
Our own body of work is motivated by the same goals that guide our exhibitions of other artists' work. We want to use aesthetic experiences as a means of engaging the general public with digital and biomedical harms that would otherwise be invisible to the naked eye or too bogged down in esoteric jargon.
Intangible
made accessible with art-centric engagement
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Advocacy
through empowerment
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Attainment
with public awareness
IAA Installations:
Juried and Grant Funded
Franconia Sculpture Park
Ely Center for Contemporary Art
Saint Cloud Zine Fest
Czong Institute for Contemporary Art
IAA Artists: Hot Goss 2023
In 2023, the IAA has a lot of exciting exhibitions, installations, campaigns, and more coming up (for one, the next installment of our All Bullets Shatter exhibition is set for 2023!) Keep in touch to stay updated on what we're planning.
IAA Aesthetic Strategies
Environmental Illness
As with every other part of society, technology is changing public safety forever. The need to ensure that the basic principles of human and civil rights are fully operative in the mechanisms of digital public safety has never been more pressing. Along with the IDH and the Safety Not Surveillance coalition, the IAA participated in a public discussion and technology workshop focused on surveillance, privacy rights, racial justice, and digital ethics. The event was hosted on October 20, 2021
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Installations:
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Viral Load II.” Creative Director. (Public Sculpture by Allison Baker on Environmental Illness.) Franconia Sculpture Park. Shafer, MN. September 2021.
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Fall 2021: Viral Load II
Spring 2020: Infectious Madness
As with every other part of society, technology is changing public safety forever. The need to ensure that the basic principles of human and civil rights are fully operative in the mechanisms of digital public safety has never been more pressing. Along with the IDH and the Safety Not Surveillance coalition, the IAA participated in a public discussion and technology workshop focused on surveillance, privacy rights, racial justice, and digital ethics. The event was hosted on October 20, 2021
“Infectious Madness.” Solo Museum Exhibition. (Installation on Illness and Caregiving.). With Allision Baker and the Institute for Aesthetic Advocacy. Gallery 610. Menomonie, WI. April 2020.
Winter 2020: Unsterile
As with every other part of society, technology is changing public safety forever. The need to ensure that the basic principles of human and civil rights are fully operative in the mechanisms of digital public safety has never been more pressing. Along with the IDH and the Safety Not Surveillance coalition, the IAA participated in a public discussion and technology workshop focused on surveillance, privacy rights, racial justice, and digital ethics. The event was hosted on October 20, 2021
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“Unsterile.” Creative Director. (Solo Exhibition by Allison Baker on Illness and Caregiving.) Tugboat Gallery. Lincoln, NE. February 2020.
Spring/Summer 2019: Cellular Home Invasion
As with every other part of society, technology is changing public safety forever. The need to ensure that the basic principles of human and civil rights are fully operative in the mechanisms of digital public safety has never been more pressing. Along with the IDH and the Safety Not Surveillance coalition, the IAA participated in a public discussion and technology workshop focused on surveillance, privacy rights, racial justice, and digital ethics. The event was hosted on October 20, 2021
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“Cellular Home Invasion.” Solo Exhibition. (Installation on Chronic Illness and Technology Health Effects.). With Allison Baker and the Institute for Aesthetic Advocacy. NE Sculpture Gallery. Minneapolis, MN. June 2019.
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“Cellular Home Invasion.” Solo Museum Exhibition. (Installation and Performance on Technology Health Effects.) Czong Institute for Contemporary Art. Seoul, South Korea. May 2019.
Summer 2018: XYZ
As with every other part of society, technology is changing public safety forever. The need to ensure that the basic principles of human and civil rights are fully operative in the mechanisms of digital public safety has never been more pressing. Along with the IDH and the Safety Not Surveillance coalition, the IAA participated in a public discussion and technology workshop focused on surveillance, privacy rights, racial justice, and digital ethics. The event was hosted on October 20, 2021
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“Feminist Aesthetic Criticism.” Group Exhibition. (Video Installation.). With Allison Baker and the Institute for Aesthetic Advocacy. Bad Video Art Festival. Moscow, Russia. July 2018.
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“The Institute for Aesthetic Advocacy.” Group Exhibition. (Video Installation.). With Allison Baker and the Institute for Aesthetic Advocacy. Pop’s Movie Night. Detroit, MI. August 2018.
Fall 2017: Sonance
As with every other part of society, technology is changing public safety forever. The need to ensure that the basic principles of human and civil rights are fully operative in the mechanisms of digital public safety has never been more pressing. Along with the IDH and the Safety Not Surveillance coalition, the IAA participated in a public discussion and technology workshop focused on surveillance, privacy rights, racial justice, and digital ethics. The event was hosted on October 20, 2021
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“Sonance: An Interdisciplinary Discussion Concerning the Affects of Human Noise on Other Animals.” Sound Performance and Art Residency. With Josh Gumiela and Matt Sumera. University of Minnesota Institute on the Environment. Minneapolis, MN. November 2017.
Spring 2017: XYZ
As with every other part of society, technology is changing public safety forever. The need to ensure that the basic principles of human and civil rights are fully operative in the mechanisms of digital public safety has never been more pressing. Along with the IDH and the Safety Not Surveillance coalition, the IAA participated in a public discussion and technology workshop focused on surveillance, privacy rights, racial justice, and digital ethics. The event was hosted on October 20, 2021
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“How to Write a Poem that Costs You $175k Plus the Lady.” Author and Performer. (Runner Up for 2017 Miller Audio Prize for Humor.). Missouri Review. Spring 2017.