In 1917 Duchamp questioned the world’s established notion of art with his infamous ‘Fountain’. Since then art has grown into countless forms and lives in almost any context. Today some of these forms can be found in the works of Mark Dion, Mierle Laderman Ukeles, Agnes Denes, Tim Rollins and K.O.S., Judith Baca, Joseph Beuys, Harrell Flecther, Ann Hamilton, Dan Peterman, and Adriana Piper. These artists merge art together with social practices and environmental concerns by integrating art into modern day society and community. The mission behind the Baseline Group’s Chicken Shack Village aims to do the same.
The CSV incorporates architecture, environmental concerns, and social practice within the world of art. The chosen aesthetics of our shacks evolved after researching Boulder’s history, investigating its vernacular architecture, and it’s relationship to Colorado’s regional identity. Through the context of art we hope to start a conversation regarding the integration of chickens in urban environments and by proposing alternatives to city dwellers.
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The Baseline Group is an interdisciplinary collective of student artists and faculty at the University of Colorado in Boulder. The group focuses on developing and realizing community and site-based art projects. During the spring and summer terms 2011, The Baseline Group will be working in Yuma County, Colorado.
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