Franz West: 2Topia Kuratiert von Carlos Basualdo Notations Breaking out of conventional gallery spaces, the Wexner Center for the Arts is launching a series of Notations—site-specific, often participatory artists’ projects in nontraditional venues around the city. Adapted from ideas articulated in John Cage’s seminal book of the same name, Notations will further connect the center with the Ohio State campus and Columbus by utilizing public spaces around the city. The current installation in the Wexner Center Café, which features new furniture and social spaces by Austrian artist Franz West, is the first installment of Notations and will be on view through May of 2002. Artists participating in summer 2002 Notations projects in parks around the city are Alicia Framis from Spain, Jeanne van Heeswijk from the Netherlands, and Carsten Höller, a Belgian-born artist based in Stockholm. These projects, still in development, will be presented in conjunction with Greater Columbus Arts Council’s Children of the Future program, an arts education program in city recreation and community centers. The Notations series coincides with the center’s gallery renovations, slated to begin in the summer of 2002. Notations was organized by the Wexner Center for the Arts. The projects are presented at the Wexner Center with support from the Greater Columbus Arts Council and the Corporate Annual Fund of the Wexner Center Foundation. Internet Bed West’s Internet Bed (1997)—a giant webbed “bed” made of a spongey material, with a computer terminal in the middle—will allow visitors to access educational materials on the web. The web sites will be projected onto a big screen. The bed will be installed in the galleries amidst the Hélio Oiticica exhibition. Reading room lounge West will also create a reading room lounge between Galleries C and D that will include West’s divans, sofas, tables, and bookshelves, plus tables by West collaborator Heimo Zobernig and materials on Hélio Oiticica—an artist who shares with West notions of participation, and a desire to break down barriers between artist and audience. The West project marks the first of a series of the center’s Notations—artists’ projects notable for their innovative use of nontraditional exhibition spaces. Adapted from ideas articulated in John Cage’s seminal book of the same name, Notations will further connect the center with the Ohio State campus and Columbus by utilizing public spaces around the city. Artists participating in summer 2002 Notations projects are Alicia Framis from Spain, Jeanne van Heeswijk from the Netherlands, and Carsten Höller, a Belgian-born artist based in Stockholm. American artist Lawrence Weiner is also slated for a future Notations project.