Descripción del proyecto
La capacidad del arte para abordar cuestiones sociales y ecológicas
A lo largo de cuatro exposiciones en el Centro de Arte y Medios Tecnológicos de Karlsruhe, el filósofo francés Bruno Latour, conocido por su trabajo en estudios de ciencia y tecnología, y el artista posconceptual austriaco Peter Weibel desarrollaron la noción de «exposición del pensamiento» («thought exhibition» o TE). Se trata de un método de conservación basado en la capacidad participativa y estética del arte para abordar cuestiones fundamentales, como el cambio climático. El proyecto THOUGHT EXHIBITION, financiado con fondos europeos, investiga el concepto de la TE para obtener información nueva sobre el trabajo de Latour. El proyecto demostrará la importancia de las TE en este trabajo y aportará un marco conceptual para describir el papel del arte en la facilitación de narrativas interesantes sobre cuestiones fundamentales desde un punto de vista ecológico y social.
Objetivo
The research project investigates the concept of “thought exhibition” (TE), a curatorial approach developed by Bruno Latour and Peter Weibel during four exhibitions at ZKM | Centre for Art and Media, Karlsruhe (Germany). Following Latour’s work in philosophy and science & technology studies (STS) the art exhibitions aim at challenging the dualistic mentality (nature/culture, object/subject, etc.) fostered by European modernity which is, according to Latour, at the heart of current crises such as climate change. TEs engage visitors in a “spatio-aesthetic thought experiment” by bringing them into a position where they can question modern preconceptions, such as the domination of culture over nature or the notion of objective distance towards phenomena, and encourage them to develop alternatives. The project will gain new insights into Latour’s work in philosophy and STS by demonstrating the significance of TEs for this work. It will also provide a conceptual framework for the role of the arts in facilitating engaging narratives on ecologically/socially critical issues. In particular, the project will investigate Latour’s concepts of “hybrids”, artefacts which cannot be put distinctively in categories of nature or culture, transgressing the dualistic distinctions, and of “compositionism”, a relational way of juxtaposing objects and actors in the exhibition space. The research will be carried out by reviewing published and, at the ZKM archive, unpublished material, by analysing ZKM visitor surveys and by conducting interviews with Latour, Weibel, co-curators and ZKM staff, all of whom have pledged to fully support the project. Despite the relevance of both Latour’s work and ZKM as a leading art museum, little research on the TE concept has been done so far. The project wants to thoroughly investigate this curatorial approach which builds on the aesthetic and participatory capacity of the arts to address crucial issues and to activate individuals for processes of change.
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