Thyrza Nichols Goodeve
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Thyrza Nichols Goodeve is a writer and interviewer active in the field of contemporary art and culture. She is on the School of Visual Arts
faculty, active in the MFA Art Criticism and Writing Program, the art history
program, and the masters computer art
and film programs. She teaches also in the MFA Digital + Media Program at the Rhode Island School of Design
and is the program co-ordinator for the Maryland Institute College of Art
(MICA) "MICA in NYC (DUMBO)" Summer Intensive program in Brooklyn
, New York. She has published in Artforum
, Parkett, Art in America
, Artbyte, Guggenheim Magazine, The Village Voice
, Tribeca Trib and Camerawork.
where she lived until her family moved to Windham, Vermont
. Her brother is actor Grant Goodeve
. She attended the Westover School and Northfield Mount Hermon in Massachusetts.Through NMH, she attended The American School of Tangier where she met Paul Bowles
and Mohammed Mrabet, key influences on her becoming a writer. She received a BA from Sarah Lawrence College
, an MA from New York University
and a PhD from the University of California, Santa Cruz
. She appeared as the graduate student in Yvonne Rainer
's 1985 film The Man Who Envied Women. She lives in Brooklyn Heights.
, Ellen Gallagher, A Painter in III Acts, Peter Halley
, Louise Bourgeois
, The Monster’s Progress: The Art of James Barsness, How A Body Shaped By A Cat and A Cat Shaped by A Human Pioneered A New Species of Cinema in the exhibition catalogue Carolee Schneemann
, The Wind is Here But MY Head Is Not in Heide Hatry
's book Heads and Tales published by Charta in 2008, and The Body is No Body in the Meat After Meat catalogue.
School of Visual Arts
The School of Visual Arts , is a proprietary art school located in Manhattan, New York City, and is widely considered to be one of the leading art schools in the United States. It was established in 1947 by co-founders Silas H. Rhodes and Burne Hogarth as the Cartoonists and Illustrators School and...
faculty, active in the MFA Art Criticism and Writing Program, the art history
Art history
Art history has historically been understood as the academic study of objects of art in their historical development and stylistic contexts, i.e. genre, design, format, and style...
program, and the masters computer art
Computer art
Computer art is any art in which computers play a role in production or display of the artwork. Such art can be an image, sound, animation, video, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, videogame, web site, algorithm, performance or gallery installation...
and film programs. She teaches also in the MFA Digital + Media Program at the Rhode Island School of Design
Rhode Island School of Design
Rhode Island School of Design is a fine arts and design college located in Providence, Rhode Island. It was founded in 1877. Located at the base of College Hill, the RISD campus is contiguous with the Brown University campus. The two institutions share social, academic, and community resources and...
and is the program co-ordinator for the Maryland Institute College of Art
Maryland Institute College of Art
Maryland Institute College of Art is an art and design college in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. It was founded in 1826 as the Maryland Institute for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts, making it one of the first and oldest art colleges in the United States. In 2008, MICA was ranked #2 in the nation...
(MICA) "MICA in NYC (DUMBO)" Summer Intensive program in Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...
, New York. She has published in Artforum
Artforum
Artforum is an international monthly magazine specializing in contemporary art.-Publication:The magazine is published ten times a year, September through May, along with an annual summer issue...
, Parkett, Art in America
Art in America
Art in America is an illustrated monthly, international magazine concentrating on the contemporary art world, including profiles of artists and genres, updates about art movements, show reviews and event schedules. It is designed for collectors, artists, dealers, art professionals and other...
, Artbyte, Guggenheim Magazine, The Village Voice
The Village Voice
The Village Voice is a free weekly newspaper and news and features website in New York City that features investigative articles, analysis of current affairs and culture, arts and music coverage, and events listings for New York City...
, Tribeca Trib and Camerawork.
Background
Goodeve was born in Middlebury, ConnecticutMiddlebury, Connecticut
Middlebury is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 6,451 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water....
where she lived until her family moved to Windham, Vermont
Windham, Vermont
Windham is a town in Windham County, Vermont, United States. The population was 328 at the 2000 census. The town center village is designated as the Windham Village Historic District.-Geography:...
. Her brother is actor Grant Goodeve
Grant Goodeve
Grant Goodeve is an American actor and television host. He is best known for playing the role of David, the oldest son, on Eight Is Enough, from 1977 to 1981. He sang the theme song for the show as well...
. She attended the Westover School and Northfield Mount Hermon in Massachusetts.Through NMH, she attended The American School of Tangier where she met Paul Bowles
Paul Bowles
Paul Frederic Bowles was an American expatriate composer, author, and translator.Following a cultured middle-class upbringing in New York City, during which he displayed a talent for music and writing, Bowles pursued his education at the University of Virginia before making various trips to Paris...
and Mohammed Mrabet, key influences on her becoming a writer. She received a BA from Sarah Lawrence College
Sarah Lawrence College
Sarah Lawrence College is a private liberal arts college in the United States, and a leader in progressive education since its founding in 1926. Located just 30 minutes north of Midtown Manhattan in southern Westchester County, New York, in the city of Yonkers, this coeducational college offers...
, an MA from New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
and a PhD from the University of California, Santa Cruz
University of California, Santa Cruz
The University of California, Santa Cruz, also known as UC Santa Cruz or UCSC, is a public, collegiate university; one of ten campuses in the University of California...
. She appeared as the graduate student in Yvonne Rainer
Yvonne Rainer
Yvonne Rainer is an American dancer, choreographer and filmmaker, whose work in these disciplines is frequently challenging and experimental. Her work is classified as minimalist art.- Early life :...
's 1985 film The Man Who Envied Women. She lives in Brooklyn Heights.
Selected books and texts
Thyrza Nichols Goodeve to date has published the following books and texts (among others): How Like a Leaf: A Conversation with Donna HarawayDonna Haraway
Donna J. Haraway is currently a Distinguished Professor Emerita in the History of Consciousness Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz, United States...
, Ellen Gallagher, A Painter in III Acts, Peter Halley
Peter Halley
-Early Life and Career:Halley first came to prominence as a result of the geometric paintings rendered in intense day-glo colours that he produced in the early 1980s. His practice as an artist is usually associated with minimalism, neo-geo, and neo-conceptualism...
, Louise Bourgeois
Louise Bourgeois
Louise Joséphine Bourgeois , was a renowned French-American artist and sculptor, best known for her contributions to both modern and contemporary art, and for her spider structures, titled Maman, which resulted in her being nicknamed the Spiderwoman...
, The Monster’s Progress: The Art of James Barsness, How A Body Shaped By A Cat and A Cat Shaped by A Human Pioneered A New Species of Cinema in the exhibition catalogue Carolee Schneemann
Carolee Schneemann
Carolee Schneemann is an American visual artist, known for her discourses on the body, sexuality and gender. She received a B.A. from Bard College and an M.F.A. from the University of Illinois. Her work is primarily characterized by research into visual traditions, taboos, and the body of the...
, The Wind is Here But MY Head Is Not in Heide Hatry
Heide Hatry
Heide Hatry is a New York-based German neo-conceptual artist, curatorand editor. Her work, often either body-related or employing animal flesh and organs , has aroused controversy and has been considered horrific, repulsive or sensationalist by some critics, while others have hailed her as an...
's book Heads and Tales published by Charta in 2008, and The Body is No Body in the Meat After Meat catalogue.
External links
- http://brooklynrail.org/2007/7/artseen/mythic “Mythic Creatures:Dragons, Unicorns, and Mermaids” A Review of Frogs: A Chorus of Colors at the American Museum of Natural History, The Brooklyn Rail, Summer 2007
- http://www.sfcamerawork.org/journals/fall_04.html “The White Outside the Line: September 11, 2001. A Reader's Response” SF Camerawork, 2004
- http://www.artlab23.net/issue1/ThyrzaGoodeve.html “SurrealismSurrealismSurrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early 1920s, and is best known for the visual artworks and writings of the group members....
and the CyborgCyborgA cyborg is a being with both biological and artificial parts. The term was coined in 1960 when Manfred Clynes and Nathan S. Kline used it in an article about the advantages of self-regulating human-machine systems in outer space. D. S...
”, Art Lab Spring 2003, Volume 1 (School of Visual Art online publication) - http://www.arsint.com/no_2.html “The Ear” (Premise for cartoodle) Ars Interpres Publications, Issue 2, September 2004
- http://www.artbrain.org/journal/goodeve.html “Richard SerraRichard SerraRichard Serra is an American minimalist sculptor and video artist known for working with large-scale assemblies of sheet metal. Serra was involved in the Process Art Movement.-Early life and education:...
and the Brain: A Form Not Seen Before” Artbrain online journal - http://www.azizcucher.net/interview.php Interview with Aziz+Cuchar,1999, Published as a small booklet
- http://yin.arts.uci.edu/~studio/readings/goodeve.txt “Houdini’s Premonition: Virtuality and Vaudeville on the Internet”, Leonardo Fifth Annual New York Digital Salon, October/November 1997
- http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0268/is_n9_v33/ai_16967995 “Travels in Hypertrophia: An Interview with Matthew BarneyMatthew BarneyMatthew Barney is an American artist who works in sculpture, photography, drawing and film. His early works were sculptural installations combined with performance and video...
” Artforum, May 1995 - http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0268/is_n1_v34/ai_17501987 “How Like A Goddess: An Interview with Allucquére Rosanne Stone” Artforum September, 1995
- http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1248/is_n11_v85/ai_19997850 “The art of Public Address” : Barbara KrugerBarbara KrugerBarbara Kruger is an American conceptual artist. Much of her work consists of black-and-white photographs overlaid with declarative captions—in white-on-red Futura Bold Oblique or Helvetica Ultra Condensed...
- Interview - Cover Story, Art in America, Nov, 1997 - http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1248/is_n7_v85/ai_19628876 Rainer talking pictures - independent filmmaker Yvonne RainerYvonne RainerYvonne Rainer is an American dancer, choreographer and filmmaker, whose work in these disciplines is frequently challenging and experimental. Her work is classified as minimalist art.- Early life :...
- Interview, Art in America, July, 1997 - http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0268/is_n10_v34/ai_18533891 Book Review: “The Cyborg Handbook”, ed. Crystal Hayes in ArtForum, Summer, 1996
- http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0268/is_n8_v34/ai_18387598 “Dream team: A Conversation with The Brothers QuayBrothers QuayStephen and Timothy Quay are American identical twin brothers better known as the Brothers Quay or Quay Brothers. They are influential stop-motion animators...
in ArtForum, April, 1996 - http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0268/is_n7_v32/ai_15329489 Book Review: “The Diary of Jack the Ripper: The Discovery, the Investigation, the Debate” ArtForum, March, 1994
- http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0268/is_n10_v32/ai_16097550 Book Review: “The Politics of Everyday Fear” ArtForum, Summer, 1994
See also
- Conceptual artConceptual artConceptual art is art in which the concept or idea involved in the work take precedence over traditional aesthetic and material concerns. Many of the works, sometimes called installations, of the artist Sol LeWitt may be constructed by anyone simply by following a set of written instructions...
- Institutional CritiqueInstitutional CritiqueInstitutional Critique is an art term that describes the systematic inquiry into the workings of art institutions, for instance galleries and museums, and is most associated with the work of artists such as Michael Asher, Marcel Broodthaers, Daniel Buren, Andrea Fraser, Fred Wilson and Hans...
- Postmodern artPostmodern artPostmodern art is a term used to describe an art movement which was thought to be in contradiction to some aspect of modernism, or to have emerged or developed in its aftermath...
- Computer artComputer artComputer art is any art in which computers play a role in production or display of the artwork. Such art can be an image, sound, animation, video, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, videogame, web site, algorithm, performance or gallery installation...
- Electronic artElectronic artElectronic art is a form of art that makes use of electronic media or, more broadly, refers to technology and/or electronic media. It is related to information art, new media art, video art, digital art, interactive art, internet art, and electronic music...
- Systems artSystems artSystems art is art influenced by cybernetics, and systems theory, which reflects on natural systems, social systems and social signs of the art world itself....
- New Media ArtNew media artNew media art is a genre that encompasses artworks created with new media technologies, including digital art, computer graphics, computer animation, virtual art, Internet art, interactive art, computer robotics, and art as biotechnology...
- Generative artGenerative artGenerative art refers to art that has been generated, composed, or constructed in an algorithmic manner through the use of systems defined by computer software algorithms, or similar mathematical or mechanical or randomised autonomous processes....