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JORINDE SEYDEL &
DIRK VAN WEELDEN

Lizareebiekoe Ahobschkoh
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J O R I N D E   S E Y D E L   &   D I R K   V A N   W E E L D E N

Lizareebiekoe Ahobschkoh


Today, most art still conforms to a cultural model in which the artist regulates his dealing with the historical and topical cultural environment by making public a form that is definitive and resists communication. The position of the author who fits into this picture remains engrafted onto the figure of the romantic artist, who takes up a position opposite the public, but whose atypical existence is precisely the basis of his presumed ability to express the truth of many.

However, not all works of art behave like complete, 'deaf' forms, which are clearly defined in space and time, unchangeable for the context. There are ongoing art projects with an open end, works which assimilate their context so consciously and smoothly that the authors' work consists of generating a context rather than setting up a work within and against a context. The dynamic networks resulting from these forms of authorship often turn out to have sprung from a fictional, narrative, source.

 
 
 
 
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