Lecture 9- Social Turn In Contemporary Art Flashcards
What are the usual themes of biennials?
Themes of important aspects of history, e.g decolonisation, expansion of capitalism. Change in power.
What was the title of the Istanbul biennial 2009?
What, how and for whom? ‘What keeps mankind Alive?’
What was associated with the instanbul biennial 2009 ‘what, how and for whom’ ?
The 153rd anniversary of the communist manifesto.
‘What keeps mankind Alive’ engages in
A critique of capitalist society and ideology.
What did Brecht promote?
A new sort of theatre.
What is epistemological realism?
An engagement with the reality of the world. Art as a socialist and political construct. Educated and mobilises change in the world.
What are brechtian methods?
Against popularly understood realism, more interested in art that shows its art. Distances audience and characters of stage. Don’t want people to identify with characters.
What was the alienation effect associated with Brechtian methods?
Didn’t want audience to identify with characters on stage.
What does Brecht represent to artists?
A prism of representing the world.
What is critical realism?
Practises where artists try to understand the world in which they live in.
Critical realism is usually represented in what forms?
Montage, documentary.
What is relational aesthetics?
Relationship between viewer and work/artist.
What work did Carey Young produce in 2005?
‘Declared void’
What did Carey young’s ‘declared void’ consist of?
2 spaces. Have to engage with work in vicinity.
What does ‘declared void’ force you to do?
To be socially interactive with other participants.
