Talking Turkey
We had intended to post individual feedback on the interim assessment on the blog, but in order to respond to the needs of the situation, decided on raising a few general issues here. We'll talk in greater detail on tuesday.
Housekeeping
1.Turning up on time seems to be an issue. The interim assessment is a rehearsal for the real event in January.
2.Project Proposals are missing for much of the work.
3.Many displays are not labelled (whose work is it, identify vhs-tapes, description of work etc).
4.Work not related to the module (old work, other modules) should not be there.
Critical Practice
The term suggests work which benefits from a critical awareness of the issues surrounding it. Your work exists in a context which frames it, offers guidance, provides problems. Much of the work we saw is highly internalised, it appears as if it is made without any sense of 'belonging in the world'. The fact that it comes from you is not enough as a means of validation.
While some of you have barely begun to formulate a new body of work, others appear confused as to how to proceed - there seem to be too many options. The engagement with 'the things that surround you' is the key here, and in some individuals' work you can see the difference!
But all of you are needed to shape this pathway. While we can guide and monitor, it is also up to you to establish its direction and identity. This can only be done through your work which ensures your 'membership' and the privileges that come with it: namely the ability to help shape your own experience on the course and that of your peers in the future.
Downhearted?
Read 'Bouvard and Pecuchet' by Gustave Flaubert, an account of two never-say-die-no-hopers, and Voltaire's 'Candide', a truly uplifting comedy of errors. For introspection that actually functions creatively read 'Species of Spaces' by Georges Perec.
Not enough? Watch 'Quince Tree Sun' by Victor Erice (ILRC Library) a superb meditation on patience.
Remember Lacan's 'Mirror Stage'? This is instumental in the establishment of individuality. It is especially interesting as an analogy for the development as an artist: we look at ourselves (our other) as a means of looking at the world. We are in the world, yet separate from it. We deal in representations. This means that, as artists, we cannot make/discuss 'things in general'. It is our specificity, our peculiarity, our precision that needs honing.
This statement is not an invitation for introspection - instead, it offers a methodology (that you must develop) for interaction with you surroundings. How to read, interpret and finally act on the visual world!
How to begin?
Well you must describe/name your work: 100.50.10.1. Good luck!
Housekeeping
1.Turning up on time seems to be an issue. The interim assessment is a rehearsal for the real event in January.
2.Project Proposals are missing for much of the work.
3.Many displays are not labelled (whose work is it, identify vhs-tapes, description of work etc).
4.Work not related to the module (old work, other modules) should not be there.
Critical Practice
The term suggests work which benefits from a critical awareness of the issues surrounding it. Your work exists in a context which frames it, offers guidance, provides problems. Much of the work we saw is highly internalised, it appears as if it is made without any sense of 'belonging in the world'. The fact that it comes from you is not enough as a means of validation.
While some of you have barely begun to formulate a new body of work, others appear confused as to how to proceed - there seem to be too many options. The engagement with 'the things that surround you' is the key here, and in some individuals' work you can see the difference!
But all of you are needed to shape this pathway. While we can guide and monitor, it is also up to you to establish its direction and identity. This can only be done through your work which ensures your 'membership' and the privileges that come with it: namely the ability to help shape your own experience on the course and that of your peers in the future.
Downhearted?
Read 'Bouvard and Pecuchet' by Gustave Flaubert, an account of two never-say-die-no-hopers, and Voltaire's 'Candide', a truly uplifting comedy of errors. For introspection that actually functions creatively read 'Species of Spaces' by Georges Perec.
Not enough? Watch 'Quince Tree Sun' by Victor Erice (ILRC Library) a superb meditation on patience.
Remember Lacan's 'Mirror Stage'? This is instumental in the establishment of individuality. It is especially interesting as an analogy for the development as an artist: we look at ourselves (our other) as a means of looking at the world. We are in the world, yet separate from it. We deal in representations. This means that, as artists, we cannot make/discuss 'things in general'. It is our specificity, our peculiarity, our precision that needs honing.
This statement is not an invitation for introspection - instead, it offers a methodology (that you must develop) for interaction with you surroundings. How to read, interpret and finally act on the visual world!
How to begin?
Well you must describe/name your work: 100.50.10.1. Good luck!
posted by critical practice at 11:21 pm
6 Comments:
yesterday when nico mentioned my sardine drawing i looked down to what drawing i was doing on the back of my story (:that darn ship again) and i realised that it was just-as-justifyed as the large but unsubstantial drawings i had been pinning up on my space that morning. Its very easy to get trapped in the size of a peice of paper, or even on paper period.
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i agree with charlotte, and the layout means that everthing is way too long thin and stringy; its entirly un-pleasing to the eye, and why do we need these margins of tastefull purple down the sides?
Well, I guess those right`ers have a right to exist as well. ;) But there`s none of them at my new state yet, Brieden. http://spaces.msn.com/members/theArtistSpace/
I think you mean 'To be bein pensant…or not to be. To be blind.' by Marcel Broodthaers. I will post it on the main board…
dear nico and charlie,
i, like quite a lot of other people only have a computer with a dvd player. no tv, no video player. I was in the library today and looking through the video and dvd section found that they really do have a miserable selection of dvds, mainly blockbuster bull shit. most of which is on day release(or is that the thing you have in prison?)
Will you write up a wish list of crittical practice films and ask the library to think about getting copys? i realise i can do this too but you probably have lots of particulars in mind and more authority...plus is it poss to make them so that you can take them out for more than just a night coz ive found that most people ive talked to just dont bother because of the fine.
good idea?
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