Artwork as social interstice

The possibility of a relational art (an art taking at its theoretical horizon the realm of human interactions and its social context, rather than the assertion of an independent and private symbolic space), points to a radical upheaval of the aesthetic, cultural and political goals introduced by modern art.

"It's a kind of ground of sensibility for today. Think of Pop-art in the sixties for example, and you will see that the common ground was the fear of consumption. Today it has shifted to this fear of human relations. We are not living in a society of consumption and production, but in a communication society."

Relational art:
Uses minimalist forms to make political statements (anti capitalist).
It didn't like global capitalism.
It often related to the space in which it was exhibited.
Sometimes it was useful
Some times it was time based/ had limited duration.


Bourriaud N, (1998). Relational Aesthetics. English Edition. Dijon, Les Presse Du Reel.

Lewis, B (2004). Art Safari - Relational Art: Is It An Ism?. available from: http://www.ubu.com/film/relational.html [accessed 6 November 2012].

Program, or be programed?

How algorithms secretly shape the way we behave

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01ng40n

Colson, R, 2007. The Fundamentals of Digital Art. Edition. AVA Publishing. Sussex.

Writer's Talk: James Bridle 

Turner Prize 2012.

 Selection of comments from the Turner Prize 2012.

The Eye Framed and Filled with Colour

Interesting and relevant essay by Rudi Fuchs from the book: Jan Dibbets, Interior Light

R. H. Fuchs, 1991. Jan Dibbets - Interior Light. First Edition. Rizzoli, New York.

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