Relational aesthetics wikipedia
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Relational Aesthetics is a collection of essays written by Nicolas Bourriaud. Wikipedia informed me that:
Bourriaud is best known among English speakers for his publications Relational Aesthetics (/English version ) and Postproduction (). Relational Aesthetics in particular has come to be seen as a defining text for a wide variety of art produced by a generation who came to prominence in Europe in the early s. Bourriaud coined the term in , in a text for the catalogue of the exhibition Traffic that was shown at CAPC contemporary museum in Bordeaux.
Bourriad’s point of view is that the world has changed, and art has a job to do. So batten down the hatches and get ready for the “fight for modernity”! Bold statements resembling propaganda for a new and better world are introduced in the beginning and continue throughout the book, such as “art was intended to prepare and announce a future world: today it is modeling possible universes”. You have to let go of your skepticism to see that a very beautiful and thoughtful view of the world and what it could be has been laid out for you. (Think recycling.) I thought this was a moving quote:
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