Academy Discussion: Real conditions
What does “real” mean in art? What tools, means and ways of thinking characterise artistic work? The Akademie Talk “Real conditions” asks how artists perceive their surroundings and translate them into form, proportion, and composition.
What does it mean in art to be “factual” in a particular way? The word “real”, derived from the Latin res, “thing”, leads to the realisms the arts concern themselves with – social, economic, and political readings, though not only these. Artists track down phenomena, reveal manifestations and create events that can be organised and combined in a web of “factual” relationships.
From the perspective of different artistic disciplines, we will discuss how real relationships shape not only artistic work, but also our perception of the world. The participating Akademie members will bring along artistic contributions.