CONTEXT OF PRACTICE

COP NOTES (Note to self) - Articles 

ArtReview volume 68 no 8
BENNIAL BURNOUT

"As the world lurches from one desperate crisis to the next, is it time to consider the real values of art?"

• wasn't sure if this phrase was relatable to my research. Though I thought that the article itself was very insightful. I suppose the idea of subjectivity in art is what makes people think and question, and not simply take what is given as it is. 

Joshua Decter

"...is it because all politics and ideologies -and the media- seem to have failed us, that the desire for art to enable progressive transformation of the world has intensified? And so has art been reinstrumentalised as a form of politics? Shouldn't we also talk about the ethical and political infrastructure of our exhibition platforms - how ethics and politics appear to be represented (ie exhibited), via artworks, to publics? in other words, so as to make progressive change in the world, perhaps we should start at home with ourselves and our systems of art. Or to put it another way still: be biennial you want to see in the world."

• I thought of noting this quote from the article (summed up. full article: ArtReview volume 68 no 8, Bennial Burnout) since I found it pretty interesting. 

• art isn't merely used as a form of expression, but a response to the society and world we live in. Though as people would say that artists could freely express oneself through their work, they are bounded by the restrictions of censorship, ethics, society etc.

Useful sources: 

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/01/arts/01iht-DESIGN1.html?_r=0