Chabashvili (Georgia, 1978), Adi Hollander (Belgium,
1976) and theoretician Vesna Madzoski (Serbia, 1976)
whose activities go beyond the usual notions of
artists-as-social-activists, artists-as-producers, and
artists-as-curators, blurring the borders between many
roles assumed to be taken by the present-day artists.
Their projects are based on research and include
several levels: examination of collaboration and
collective action, the possibility to use existing
artworks as ready-mades, questioning of the existing
exhibition formats, creating platforms for intimate
and individual experience of the artworks and changing
perception of the space.
Beauty Unrealized
A research project conducted by Public Space With A
Roof
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In the last few decades beauty has been a much
disputed term. It has often been associated with
things ornamental or decorative, while simultaneously
becoming the buzzword for conservative critics who
object to anything avant-garde. Perhaps because of
this stereotypical understanding and misuse of the
term, 'beauty' has all fallen out of favour within
present art discourse.
With this project, we want to underline that
(produced) objects are equally important as 'social
projects'. Since people have always communicated
through objects in space and time, it is important to
discuss the link between objects and ideas, or more
specifically, between objects and the concept of
beauty. Invited artists, composers, film directors and
philosophers will explore the concept of beauty today
within the scope of their own process of
self-development and their own work.
As a framework for the whole project, we created a
special library in which visitors can enter and get
lost in the world of thoughts, ideas, questions,
possibilities, and puzzles.
For more detailed information you can visit the PSWAR
web site:
www.pswar.org
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