“Twenty years ago, the conceptual artist Mel Chin cold-called the offices of “Melrose Place,” Aaron Spelling’s wildly popular prime-time soap opera, with a proposition. What if a task force of artists supplied free artworks and props for the show’s apartment-complex set, with coded cultural messages on pressing topics like reproductive rights, American foreign policy, alcoholism and sexual politics?”
“[…] This was the beginning of a conceptual artist’s dream, an ongoing intervention into the very heart of American mass culture. In late 1995, Mr. Chin and a team of 100 mostly unknown artists, called the Gala Committee, began a two-year experiment, placing objects on the set of “Melrose Place.”“
Must read van de dag, van 1995 tot 1997 ging Mel Chin aan de haal met het publieksbereik van Melrose Place.
Uitgebreid audio interview met Mel Chin, zeer de moeite waard:
https://manpodcast.com/portfolio/no-173-mel-chin/