'Information', an exhibition
at the Museum of Modern Art in 1970, claimed to be the first conceptual
art exhibition
mounted by a U.S. museum. The artist Hans Haacke posited this
SYSTEM as art:
a query, a response algorithm, and its visual feedback.
Question:
Would the fact that Governor Rockefeller has not denounced
President Nixon's Indochina policy be a reason for you not to vote
for him in November ?
Answer: If 'yes' please cast your ballot into the left box if 'no' into the right box. 'Ballots' were dropped into either of two plexi-glass ballot boxes [visitors chose "yes" twice as often as "no"]. New York Governer Nelson Rockefeller was a member of the board of trustees of MOMA and planning a run for the U.S. Presidency at the time. |
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Hans Haacke, MOMA Poll [1970] |