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Catttt Posted 10 years ago
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contemporary art and the inventory
1. Does anybody know what on earth the relationship between "contemporary art" and "the inventory" would be?
2. Does "viewer’s positioning" here mean "viewer’s approach"?
Context:
As Ranciere’s identification of the four main types of contemporary art – ‘the game, the inventory, the encounter and the mystery’ – suggests, increasingly various aspects of play, located somewhere along Caillois’s continuum from paidia to ludus, are being absorbed into art practices. And central to their realisation is the viewer’s positioning: the implications of the relationship he or she chooses to take to the artworks in question.
2. Does "viewer’s positioning" here mean "viewer’s approach"?
Context:
As Ranciere’s identification of the four main types of contemporary art – ‘the game, the inventory, the encounter and the mystery’ – suggests, increasingly various aspects of play, located somewhere along Caillois’s continuum from paidia to ludus, are being absorbed into art practices. And central to their realisation is the viewer’s positioning: the implications of the relationship he or she chooses to take to the artworks in question.
Top answer
1. This apparently means that the artist becomes a "collector" of ideas in the world and that his work represents his way of bringing this "collection" to a public audience. 2.
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- This apparently means that the artist becomes a "collector" of ideas in the world and that his work represents his way of bringing this "collection" to a public audience.
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- This apparently means the viewer's philosophical "position" with respect to the work of art, which naturally affects the way he interprets it.
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1. This apparently means that the artist becomes a "collector" of ideas in the world and that his work represents his way of bringing this "collection" to a public audience.
2. This apparently means the viewer's philosophical "position" with respect to the work of art, which naturally affects the way he interprets it.
2. This apparently means the viewer's philosophical "position" with respect to the work of art, which naturally affects the way he interprets it.
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No. Apparently "the inventory" is one of the 4 types of contemporary art, but what is included in that group is not made clear here.
Yes, I would say that "the viewer's position" is much the same as "the viewer's approach" to art.
Yes, I would say that "the viewer's position" is much the same as "the viewer's approach" to art.
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