May 5: A discussion of what “Proof! We’re Gone” means in the “Experience Economy”
On their way to fame and fortune, fourteen young artists show their best at Big Car, and discuss how their work — and the cultural world in which we live — is shaped by the “Experience Economy”
When: Discussion of art and the “Experience Economy” Saturday May 5, 1:00 PM
Where: Big Car Gallery 1043 Virginia Ave. Suite 215 Indianapolis
“Proof! We’re Gone” is a group show curated by Derek Larson and Jon McGlothin, opening at Big Car Friday May 4. This is a traveling group show with artists from New York, Chicago, New Haven, Portland, Detroit, Indianapolis, Bloomington and San Francisco. 
Michele Abeles
Eric Adolfsen
Petrova Giberson
Ben Echeverria
Rachel Eckstein
Jeffery Geesa
Kristen Kee
Derek Larson
Mike Little
Shannon McGlothin
Vida Sacic
Michael Smith
Jenny Spota
Jane Yakowitz
These are up and coming artists working in the mediums of painting, drawing, installation, sculpture, mixed media, photography, video, and commercial objects. Several of the artists have received notable recognition at the national and international level, including fellowships and exhibitions in France, premier galleries in New York and Art Basel.
The show’s theme is based on the “Experience Economy,” an era in which every business is a stage, and companies must design memorable events for which they charge admission. All consumption can be understood in experiential terms. Memory itself becomes the product; the experience. Examples? Think of Disney, or for that matter Starbucks — you don’t just pay for the coffee, you pay for an experience that engages all five of your senses.
The project started with a panel discussion at Yale University on April 26. After taking shape first in Indianapolis, the show will then travel to other cities in upcoming months.
For some of the images of the works being displayed, go here.
On May 5 at 1 p.m. involved artists, curators and others will take part in a panel discussion on how art fits with the “experience economy” we live in today – as opposed to the old “service and goods economy” of the 1980s. The panel discussion will exam ine themes of consumption, experience and memory as it relates to contemporary issues in art, media, commerce and culture. Of the panelists, two are graduating mfa representatives from Yale University ( Derek Larson and Ben Echeverria ), the third Mario Caro - professor of museum studies and visual culture at the Herron School of Art and Design.
Know before you go … Start getting up to speed on the “experience economy” with the article that kicked it off: “Welcome to the Experience Economy” by James Gilmore and Joseph Pine. Derek Larson recommends bringing examples of advertising to the event, as concrete examples of how the Experience Economy works.
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