Category: The Illusion Beyond Art
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The Simulacra of Public Space: the work of Christos Voutichtis, by Alan N. Shapiro
Der Wohnraum und das Handy selbst werden heute als Kommandozentralen begriffen, als Terminals, ausgestattet mit telematischer Macht, das heißt mit der Möglichkeit, alles über Entfernungen hinweg zu erledigen. Der ordinäre Mensch hat jetzt die Macht, die militärische Generäle früher hatten. Gleiches gilt für den öffentlichen Raum.
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Ruben Talberg‘s volte-face paintings “Arcanum”, by Alan N. Shapiro
An artwork from Ruben Talberg’s series “Arcanum” suggests a multi-nodal secret that can only become known to the initiated few. The work hints at presenting the key to solving a mystery, providing an answer to a riddle that is accessible via magic, mysticism and a very personalized meditation practice filtered through classical spiritual traditions.
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The development of New Music theory and philosophy with focus on the American composer John Cage, by Marit Trantel
Cage was one of the most important composers of New Music and helped to revolutionise the concept of traditional classical music entirely. Important for this revolution was also the philosophy that stood behind his music and which is intricately linked to his “compositions“.
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“Nature Disappears Beneath Our Words and Images”: Nicola Toffolini interviewed by Alan N. Shapiro
That makes me think of two different meanings of the word ‘performance’. In the theatre, you are doing the performance. In your artwork, the technical specialists who construct the artefacts that you have designed are performing the artwork, in the sense that they are implementing the design.
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“I Bring Philosophy and Biotechnology into the Sphere of Art”: Polona Tratnik interviewed by Alan N. Shapiro
You use the phrase “engagements in culture” at your website to describe some of what you do. Is this idea a way of connecting together your two careers as an artist and as a professor of media culture and cultural studies?
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What’s the Use of Unrequited Love?, by Vesela Mihaylova
The subject of this thesis has its roots in a personal experience. I fell in love, but I was not loved in return and I had to ask myself what was the use or the sense of this love. The affair ended, and I decided to apply my emotions and feelings into an artistic project.