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Glacial Hills by SpaceFrog Designs | metal posters

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Relational Aesthetics

Julian Stallabrass (2006), ‘Chapter 6: Contradictions’ in Contemporary Art: a very short induction (Oxford: Oxford University Press) 

'Rational aesthetics’ or “socially interactive art’ as it is more commonly referred to is art that requires the audiences participation for the work to be able to function. This means that is it not about the objects within the art but more about how the audience reacts to the piece itself. 

Stallabrass’s extract which is mentioned above goes on to talk about this and how social interactive art can have a very different outcome to those piece that only require the audiences gaze. By making the art more intractable it can bring a sociable element to it as the audience must engage with the piece or other people around them. In an age where keeping hold of old acquaintances is easier than ever, actually socialising with the people around you is becoming more difficult. 

in this piece of text Stallabrass talks about Bourriaud, a curator of the art space Palais de Tokyo in Paris, and what art means to him. He says

'For Bourriaud, art encourages social interaction among its viewers reacts directly against a general trend to increasing social fragmentation, from ever greater specialisation at work to the tendency for people to lock themselves away in their homes in the company of media rather than other people.' 

Socially interactive art is very interesting as it can make a piece 'more organic’, according to Stallabrass, with the audience almost taking on the role of the artist by ways of creating different outcomes to make the piece work. The main role of an artist within this is to provide a platform for the audience to engage with the work and break the social boundaries. 

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#TBT: Hennesy Youngman on Relational Aesthetics

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Why not turn “relational aesthetics” to your advantage in a budget-friendly way by inviting visitors to clean your gallery space for you, 2018.

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No one came to my relational event and now I’m not sure it even happened, 2018

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“Silence is better than aggression”

S.S.K

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“People sometimes inquire what form of government is most suitable for an artist to live under. To this question there is only one answer. The form of government that is most suitable to the artist is no government at all. Authority over him and his art is ridiculous.”

— Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man Under Socialism

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“The sage looks in the mirror of existence at the image appearing as himself but he is not confused. He remains the unalterable Being shining inside the shrine of emptiness.”

— Mooji (via flowgently)

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“The surest signs of spiritual progress are a lack of concern about spiritual progress and an absence of anxiety about liberation.”

— Ramesh Balsekar

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To rid yourself of anxiety, simplify your life with absolute trust in God.

St. Paisios the Athonite

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“Come to the edge We can’t. We’re afraid. We can’t. We will fall. Come to the edge And they came And he pushed them And they flew.”

— Guillaume Apollinaire

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“Acquire the habit of speaking to God as if you were alone with Him, familiarly and with confidence and love, as to the dearest and most loving of friends.”

— St. Alphonsus Liguori (via laurenarlene)

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To create your own place/existence in art.

Francis showed me my place in 2014 and I didn’t even know until today, 5 years later.

07•01•2019

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“We tend to use prayer as a last resort, but God wants it to be our first line of defense. We pray when there’s nothing else we can do, but God wants us to pray before we do anything at all.”

— Oswald Chambers

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الله - GOD

Even in your darkest times, He has never left you from your side. He’ll never leave you behind. Trust Him.

October 28, 2018

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Desire commands us to run off and get what we want. Aversion insists that we must avoid the things we don’t like. Typically, when we don’t get what we want, we are disappointed, and when we get what we don’t want, we are distressed.

Epictetus