Kenyon-Rome in Venezia:
The following is from the curator of this year’s biennale (claudia’s underlining)
“Ralph Rugoff has declared: «May You Live in Interesting Times will no doubt include artworks that reflect upon precarious aspects of existence today, including different threats to key traditions, institutions and relationships of the “post-war order.” But let us acknowledge at the outset that art does not exercise its forces in the domain of politics. Art cannot stem the rise of nationalist movements and authoritarian governments in different parts of the world, for instance, nor can it alleviate the tragic fate of displaced peoples across the globe (whose numbers now represent almost one percent of the world’s entire population).»
«But in an indirect fashion, perhaps art can be a kind of guide for how to live and think in ‘interesting times.’ The 58th International Art Exhibition will not have a theme per se, but will highlight a general approach to making art and a view of art’s social function as embracing both pleasure and critical thinking. The Exhibition will focus on the work of artists who challenge existing habits of thought and open up our readings of objects and images, gestures and situations. Art of this kind grows out of a practice of entertaining multiple perspectives: of holding in mind seemingly contradictory and incompatible notions, and juggling diverse ways of making sense of the world. Artists who think in this manner offer alternatives to the meaning of so-called facts by suggesting other ways of connecting and contextualising them. Animated by boundless curiosity and puncturing wit, their work encourages us to look askance at all unquestioned categories, concepts and subjectivities. It invites us to consider multiple alternatives and unfamiliar vantage points, and to discern the ways in which “order” has become the simultaneous presence of diverse orders.”
As a response, please pick out two projects that use digital media and answer the following questions about each one separately. Write at least 500 words per piece. Spend time taking notes in front of the project as much as possible. Take pictures of the projects and embed them in your document. Email your answers to Claudia by 9 pm, Wednesday October 9.
How does this project embrace pleasure and critical thinking?
How it is compelling to you? What keeps your interest over a period of time? How does it surprise you? What are the concepts you believe the artist is exploring? Are there ways in which they challenge existing thought? Contextualize new ideas? How do the aesthetic decisions, materials, media support the concepts you perceive?
The following is from the curator of this year’s biennale (claudia’s underlining)
“Ralph Rugoff has declared: «May You Live in Interesting Times will no doubt include artworks that reflect upon precarious aspects of existence today, including different threats to key traditions, institutions and relationships of the “post-war order.” But let us acknowledge at the outset that art does not exercise its forces in the domain of politics. Art cannot stem the rise of nationalist movements and authoritarian governments in different parts of the world, for instance, nor can it alleviate the tragic fate of displaced peoples across the globe (whose numbers now represent almost one percent of the world’s entire population).»
«But in an indirect fashion, perhaps art can be a kind of guide for how to live and think in ‘interesting times.’ The 58th International Art Exhibition will not have a theme per se, but will highlight a general approach to making art and a view of art’s social function as embracing both pleasure and critical thinking. The Exhibition will focus on the work of artists who challenge existing habits of thought and open up our readings of objects and images, gestures and situations. Art of this kind grows out of a practice of entertaining multiple perspectives: of holding in mind seemingly contradictory and incompatible notions, and juggling diverse ways of making sense of the world. Artists who think in this manner offer alternatives to the meaning of so-called facts by suggesting other ways of connecting and contextualising them. Animated by boundless curiosity and puncturing wit, their work encourages us to look askance at all unquestioned categories, concepts and subjectivities. It invites us to consider multiple alternatives and unfamiliar vantage points, and to discern the ways in which “order” has become the simultaneous presence of diverse orders.”
As a response, please pick out two projects that use digital media and answer the following questions about each one separately. Write at least 500 words per piece. Spend time taking notes in front of the project as much as possible. Take pictures of the projects and embed them in your document. Email your answers to Claudia by 9 pm, Wednesday October 9.
How does this project embrace pleasure and critical thinking?
How it is compelling to you? What keeps your interest over a period of time? How does it surprise you? What are the concepts you believe the artist is exploring? Are there ways in which they challenge existing thought? Contextualize new ideas? How do the aesthetic decisions, materials, media support the concepts you perceive?