From November 25 to December 3 of 1994, in Cagliari, Andrea
Portas organized with Rolando Politi the art show “S.O.S. Sardegna Open Space. Out of Gallery into the Gallery”, where
Sandro Dernini
was invited to present the Plexus Black
Box. At the Gallery La
Bacheca, it was staged individual art projects by Rolando Politi,
Jorge Luis Rodriguez, Andrew Castrucci; and the collective art projects “Your House is Mine” by Book & Street
project 1988-1992; “International Art
Summit” by 2° Art+Walk – 10on8 N.Y.C. 1994; and “ Packaged Goods” an exhibition of artist made packaged objects.
On June 6 - 19 of 1994,
at the Cittadella dei Musei, in Cagliari, it was held the event Art &
Science Today: The Role of Imagination. It was organized by the University
of Cagliari, in collaboration with the Dept. of Art and Art Professions and the
Dept. of Music and Performing Arts of New York University, the College of
Visual and Performing Arts of Northern Illinois University, the ISALTA
International Society for the Advancement of Living Traditions in Art, the
International Well Being and Reconciliation Committee and Plexus International...
The
art education PhD. study was started by Sandro Dernini in 1986, at the
New York University Art and Art Professions Dept. It had the purpose to
provide an aesthetic
interpretation of "Plexus Black Box" as well as a
comprehensive historical account of Plexus
activities. The NYU PhD. Dissertation Committee
was made by David W. Ecker (chairperson), Angiola Churchill and John V.
Gilbert. The assumption of the inquiry, was
that a more participatory process of understanding of community-based art
experiences was invaluable in developing local and global alternative...