4. sustainability dynamic
discours
tranzit.org
involvement collonial
development
artists Chamber of Public Secrets (CPS)
2 October
West biennial contemporary
East
Northern Africa
Manifesta 8 international
local
artistic production
nomadic
dialogue
Europe
festival
Murcia
debate
communist
Cartagena
9 January
collective
transgress
Alexandria Contemporary Arts Forum (ACAF) flexible
venues
geography
methodologies
21. • to provide Europe with a international platform for
contemporary artists who have not yet found their voice or
institutional backing;
• to facilitate artistic exchanges between all professional
groups and parties, especially those who have limited access
to the market or established institutions;
• to respond to a commonly perceived need, by initiating new
projects and new forms of artistic practice, to experiment with
new curatorial methods and develop new audiences for
contemporary art;
47. - Representation (Plato)
- A medium for the transmission of feelings (Tolstoy)
- “zweckmassigkeit ohne zweck” (Kant)
- Intuitive expression (Corce)
- Significant form (Bell)
- Anything and everything the artworlds coins as such
- nonsensical/irrelevant question, the true nature of the work
of art is based on the creative transgeression of every
thinkable standard and the re-definition of every possible
self definition
- Necessary and sufficient conditions to ascertain the truth of
the statement that object X is an artwork
49. Impress Explain …….
Awaken Join …….
Critique Mistify …….
Awe Frighten
Bring insight Clarify
Part Scare
Startle Inform
Lull Balance
Attract Heal
Reject Position The function of an artwork
Force Advocate can be discussed and re-
Overwhelm Conjure considered many times over,
Connect Argue even for a single work of art,
Deter Convince while still remaining true.
53. 1. informative or cultural function
satisfying our thirst for cultural knowledge,
2. symbolic function
satisfying our need to demonstrate social position or persona
3. social function
satisfying our need for social interaction,
4. emotional function
stimulating, relaxing, escaping, arousing and so forth,
5. artistic function
linked to the experience of completing a work of art.
54. “How works of art, and through them our worlds,
may be comprehended and created must be part of
basic education for the millions of us who will never
be artists of any kind.
Why? Because this will equip us for better survival
and success? Rather, because advancement of the
understanding is what makes survival and success
worthwhile.”
(Goodman, 1984 p.n.b.)
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58. • Printed
• Tours
• Workshop
• Family Sundays
• Special Projects
• Education Forum
• Sustainability
