Kategorie: conceptual art
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Human relationships.
»For me… a work of art can itself constitute a model of human relationships.« British artist Stephen Willats (b.1943) richly complex works combine modular abstraction with pictures and texts that tell the life stories of our own neighbourhoods. Inspired by cybernetics and communication theory, Willats has deployed photography, architecture and abstraction to examine ‘the function…
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Making something.
In »Sometimes Making Something Leads to Nothing«, 1997, Francis Alÿs pushed a block of ice through the streets of Mexico City for 9 hours until it completely melted.
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Walk in Konohana.
»A walk with Henguchi« Henguchi is a Japanese artist and poet, who introduced us to Konohana, a local district in Osaka, quite central, near the harbor, surrounded by rivers and water. Some years ago we very briefly met British sociologist Iza Kavedžija on a street in Konohana who did some research there for her paper …
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Ausfegen.
Après le passage du cortège place Karl-Marx, Joseph Beuys et deux de ses étudiants entament le balayage de la place. Les déchets sont réunis dans des sacs de son groupe politique, l’Organisation pour la Démocratie Directe, avant d’être répandus dans la galerie René Block. L’artiste, qui souhaite l’avènement d’un « socialisme démocratique libre » par…
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The Great Wall Walk.
The Lovers, The Great Wall Walk marks the end of the intimate and artistic relationship between two pioneers of performance art, Marina Abramović and Ulay. In 1988 the duo was granted permission to walk the Great Wall of China. They started at opposite ends of the famous wall and walked towards each other. After a…
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Peripherie Wanderung.
Already during his studies, Peter Piller realized his first peripheral walks, first in Hamburg in 1994, later in the Ruhr Region, Barcelona, Graz and Bonn. These walks are recorded in pictures, writing and sound. Piller is particularly interested in the transition between civilisation and nature, city and village, built-up and unsettled land, as well as…
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Tutorials
Printed tutorials, books, and magazines have been a significant part of the hip hop culture in teaching kids how to dance correctly. Hip hop dance is a highly stylized and technical form of dance that requires a lot of practice and dedication to master. While many people learn hip hop dance from watching music videos…
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Time.
Klaus Rinke is a German artist who used the movement of the body, captured through performance and photographs, as a means to express the passing of time.
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Dancing in Peckham.
Dancing in Peckham shows Wearing dancing for 25 minutes without music in a London shopping centre. She had seen a woman dancing by herself, completely unselfconsciously, at the Royal Festival Hall and, unable to capture the moment, decided to recreate it. The film explores the idea of acting as if in private while in a…
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No Walk No Art.
Since the early 1970s Hamish Fulton (born 1946) has been labelled as a sculptor, photographer, Conceptual artist and Land artist. Fulton, however, characterises himself as a ‚walking artist‘. read more »»
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Versammlung.
From the catalogue: Hamburger Kunsthalle, Das schwarze Quadrat, 2007Franz Erhard Walther, Versammlung No. 20, 1. Werksatz 1966