12/03/24
Discussing “Utopia” and its potential definitions - Ideals, something created or changed to create positive change, general positivity and equality etc..
P3-5
Simon Starling
Time travel and theories.
The idea of time replacing time
Time bending and changing
Imagining the past VS the future,’past is easier and more natural to imagine.
Arts and sciences used to be combined. Less now. ‘Had to be’ good at both.
“Chronology” = time. An order
Time as a fabric. Sections squished together = it’s going quicker.
Memory and how time works.
Time (on watches, as documented) isn’t completely true. Heraclitus. TIMES, CLOCKS set to different paces.
Thinking about time differences around the world.
Groups of time dependent on memories. Events.
The consideration of time as a non-linear construct interests me. As an individual who enjoys travel the concept of simultaneous timezones fascinates and confuses me. I’d like to explore this thought further throughout my Interdisciplinary Approaches Module:420.
“The works, though spatially and historically remote all, in themselves, push and pull at our understanding of linear time.”
P6.
Thomas More
Utopia= Greek work
Meaning? Nowhere or a happy place.
Duality.
Communist concept. Equal and dividing is fair and the best option.
There should be laws for people to act against this.
The concept of give and take.
Depriving to equalise.
Abolition of private ownership.
Equal ownership = Improvement but not a solution.
P7
‘The Island of Utopia’
Common is uncomfy. Unnatural
If there's enough then why bother to work for it. Work then becomes imbalanced.
Respect over status and hierarchy would dip with equality.
P8
Another ‘Map of Utopia’
Making a story.
Belief that utopian ideologies can’t/ won’t really happen.
COMMUNISM ATTEMPT: 2
P9
Richard Noble
You must look with a utopian mindset, to see how the world is at present in relation to what affects yourself.
Looking to the future with a utopian mindset. Looking for the positive. ‘Just this that it’s good.’
P10
Ilya Kavakov
Inside the artist's brain.
Many ideas. Doubt. Experimentations.
Prioritising work and ordering viewing order.
Steps and accessibility?
Dead end?
Does everything shown have to be complete?
Showing the work in progress?
Further research:
Titian’s The Flaying of Marsyas
“They can be thrilling, insightful”
“it is not clear whether it is finished.”
I’m thinking about the connection between exhibitions, multi-media work and how it’s interpreted. This is now something I will be looking for feedback on, following my practice installations for the end of year exhibition. I am considering the use of an interactive painting experience on the floor in front of finalised work. Due to the contrast in style I’m concerned that this won’t give the desired, fun and free effect. I practice installation will allow me to better understand how this meaning translates.
“An unfinished picture is almost like an X-ray, which allows you to see beyond the surface of the painting – Kelly Baum”
P13
Nils Norman
Location of installation?
How would you interact in different locations?
Rules for interaction? What’s meant to be there and how to interact.
Knowing the reaction is going to be ‘bad’, so not doing them.
Provocative art.
I’m leaning towards the idea of
P14
Agnes Denes
Free Mountain
Reclamation project.
Preserving resources.
Generational viewing.
P15
Molly Nesbit
something becomes art from the concept it’s viewed in.
Being in the art.
The participants make the artwork.
Art becomes a human necessity? Linked with food, shelter and comfort etc.
Today is perhaps utopia to those in the past. The want for more.
Utopia is narrow. Changes now were probably unimaginable in previous years. Seemed only fictional.
“Why communicating through arts is important”
“Creative expression supports children’s emotional wellbeing and reduces anxiety. It’s how children represent themselves, their thoughts and feelings as they develop their ideas.”
Expression through art seems to decrease in priority with ageing. I’ve seen this personally throughout my time in the Welsh education system. The ‘more academic’ subjects such as Maths, English, Science etc were prioritised, those courses were mandatory and the creative subjects were restricted. As if it had limited value to the adult world, ‘It isn’t needed’.
P17
Dan Byrne-Smith
Non human = Anything but a person.
More than human = preferred by some scientists. Avoids discredit.
P18-19
Elizabeth C. Hamilton
Heaven, hell. Paranormal = science fiction
Strange and unimaginable experiences.
Doesn’t accept the label “Science Fiction”
Everything is possible as they may have/ could happen.
Concept of hope?
Prediction or memory?
Sci-Fi is restrictive/ narrow minded.
Thinking about time. Self placement into times to challenge the question ‘What is Utopia?’
Reference list
camdenartcentre.org. (n.d.). Never the Same River (Possible Futures, Probable Pasts) - Camden Art Centre. [online] Available at: https://camdenartcentre.org/whats-on/never-the-same-river-possible-futures-probable-pasts [Accessed 18 Mar. 2024]
Gov.uk (2022). Communicating through arts - Help for early years providers - GOV.UK. [online] help-for-early-years-providers.education.gov.uk. Available at: https://help-for-early-years-providers.education.gov.uk/expressive-arts-and-design/communicating-through-arts.
Sooke, A. (2016). The thrilling beauty of unfinished art. [online] www.bbc.com. Available at: https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20160321-is-some-art-better-left-unfinished
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