Carey Young - Consideration



	Consideration 2004-5 Series of mixed media works Exhibited at Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, as part of the Performa05 Biennial		< back

	Consideration, Carey Young's solo show at Paula Cooper Gallery, featured a series of legally-enforceable contracts between artist and viewer. Created in conjunction with a legal team, the text, video and performative works entice the viewer into agreements that explore notions of individual autonomy, freedom of speech and the social contract. Engaging participants in a series of contractual relationships, Young dissects the viewer’s experience of the exhibition, from accepting the exhibition invitation, to entering and moving around the exhibition space. With legally-trained executives increasingly running movie studios, news agencies and universities, Consideration interrogates the legal ‘lock down’ of contemporary cultural life and develops Young’s interest in legal structures, language and the performative. To create all of the works dated 2005 Carey Young worked with a legal team comprising of Robert Lands and Jaime Stapleton, with further assistance from Anne Barron. See here for more information. See here for an interview between Performa05 curator Defne Ayas and Carey Young, which discusses these works.		Installation view, Consideration, Paula Cooper Gallery, 2005 Declared Void (installation view) 2005 Vinyl drawing and text Dimensions variable. 337.8 x 337.8 cm. as installed Donorcard (installation view) 2005 Edition of 500 unique cards signed by the artist and to be signed by the viewer Donorcard (front and back views) 2005 Edition of 500 unique cards signed by the artist and to be signed by the viewer Artistic License (detail) 2005 Signed inkjet prints with fingerprinting ink, pins, table and chair, invigilator. Paper size: 21 x 14.6 cm. Artistic License (installation view) 2005 Signed inkjet prints with fingerprinting ink, pins, table and chair, invigilator. Paper size: 21 x 14.6 cm. Artistic License (installation view) 2005 Signed inkjet prints with fingerprinting ink, pins, table and chair, invigilator. Paper size: 21 x 14.6 cm. Terms and Conditions 2004 Single channel video (DVD); colour, sound. 3 mins 25 secs.