lesson 5

Course of Site Specific Public Art Lesson #5

Politecnico di Milano (Campus di Piacenza) School of Architecture and Society

RELATIONAL AESTHETICSAN ESSAY BY NICOLAS BOURRIAUD

JANUARY 14th 2013

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THE COURSE ON THE WEB

Instructions to follow the course:

-Blog http://art-as-playground.blogspot.it/

Facebook page: Course of site specific public art Politecnico di Milano- Campus Piacenza

#publicartpiacenza

I send you a reading in pdf format.This is my adress: [email protected]

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http://art-as-playground.blogspot.it/

mailto:[email protected]



INTRODUCTION: a statement

A set of artistic practices which take as their theoretical and practical point of departure the whole of human relations and their social context, rather than an independent and private space.

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A short interview to Nicolas Bourriaud by the Tate speaking about altermodernity and relational aesthetics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqHMILrKpDY

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqHMILrKpDY



MOST RELEVANT PASSAGES FROM BOURRIAUD’S THEORIES

- defense of the misunderstanding of most 90's contemporay art because of the lack of a theorical thinking;

- originality and importance of the artworks referred to the voids left by previous generations in terms of art and culture;

- role of the critics as the interpreter of today’s artistic environment;

- effort to find answers to overcome the cathedral of instruments built during 1960’s

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RIRKRIT TIRAVANIJA, UNTITLED (FREE)1992 , 303 GALLERY NEW YORK

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VANESSA BEECROFT, VB08 (RED WIG GIRL) 1999

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MAURIZIO CATTELAN, IL BELPAESE 1999

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BRINCH AND JACOBSEN, BURN OUT 1994

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CHRISTINE HILL, VOLKSBOUTIQUE, 1996-97

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CARSTEN HOLLER, Experience

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