Descrizione del progetto
Spiegare la natura dell’esperienza di coinvolgimento con le installazioni artistiche
Le installazioni artistiche hanno acquisito una grande popolarità negli ultimi decenni in virtù del loro approccio immersivo e partecipativo. Le opere d’arte di installazione vengono solitamente realizzate in loco, in uno spazio specifico e mediante l’utilizzo di numerosi mezzi differenti. Ciononostante, la definizione di questo tipo di arte e del relativo coinvolgimento è tuttora oggetto di discussione. Con il sostegno del programma MSCA, il progetto IEIA colmerà tale lacuna di conoscenza e svilupperà la prima concezione filosofica relativa alla nostra esperienza di coinvolgimento con le installazioni artistiche, spiegando al contempo il ruolo specifico dell’immaginazione e la dimensione fittizia al suo interno. La ricerca si ripercuoterà sulla teoria dell’arte e sull’estetica artistica, fungendo da guida per i professionisti che lavorano in quest’ambito. I risultati dello studio saranno presentati in riviste e conferenze di spicco.
Obiettivo
Several works by Ernesto Neto present huge, warm-colored, pleasantly smelling Lycra tunnels. They are cases of installation art (IA): the public is supposed to enter the tunnels and interact with the physical environment, experiencing the works from within. Works of IA resemble buildings because they envelop the public, but they differ in that, as with paintings and sculptures, they do not have a sheltering function. This raises a philosophical question: what states of mind are distinctive of our engagement with IA?
The goal of this project is to develop the first full-fledged philosophical account of our engagement with IA, arguing that, typically, the imagination plays a crucial role in it, by pursuing 5 research and innovation objectives: (1) showing that IA prompts imaginings of a specific kind; (2) arguing that IA can be defined in terms of its imagining-arousing function; (3) arguing against the prevalent view that IA doesn't have a representational or fictional dimension; (4) investigating the link between the imaginings aroused by IA, on the one hand, and abstract painting, on the other hand; (5) integrating the proposal within a broader account of fiction.
The project’s goal is relevant to aestheticians and art theorists, because IA dominates contemporary art, and to art practitioners and public, because it can help improve the design, exhibition, and communication of IA.
I, Elisa Caldarola (Philosophy PhD), will carry out the proposed research through investigations in the philosophy of fiction and of art, in art theory, in depiction theory, and the philosophy of mind, working at The Graduate Center, City University of New York (Philosophy Program) under the supervision of Prof. Jonathan Gilmore, and at the Department of Philosophy and Education Sciences, University of Turin, under the supervision of Prof. Alberto Voltolini.
I shall publish 5 papers in top-level journals, present my work at 8 conferences and at outreach events.
Campo scientifico
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Parole chiave
Programma(i)
- HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Main Programme
Meccanismo di finanziamento
HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-GF - HORIZON TMA MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships - Global FellowshipsCoordinatore
10124 Torino
Italia