IVAR FROUNBERG writer/Shorter Texts/071205
Modernity:
freedom – reason – progress
Pre-modernity:
theo-logos – faith – tradition
Post-modernity:
right of the individual
collapse of the great narratives
relativistic values
parallel cultures
Modernity:
art as defining the culture of the bourgoisie)
(in opposition to noblesse/principals etc. - early 19th century)
art as defining the national identity (mid 19th century)
art as carrier of the psycological drama (end 19th century/beginning of 20th)
art as defining the culture for industrial workers (mid 20th century)
art as carrier of the utopie
Post modern:
no specified reason for the arts...
the utopie moved to entertainment
politics entered virtual-reality
Post-postmodern:
=> art must relate to reality not utopias and/or cyber/hyper/virtualities
Sound Art as opposed to ÕmusicÕ
Music:
ephemeric – it has to re-created (interpretation)
narrative – moving from x to y
defined by author, title, duration, instrumentation and year of composing
Sound Art -> Trans-aesthetic: a position between two or more artforms.
Relational aesthetics (Nicolas Bourriaud) -> relation to the audience/public
ÓA set of artistic practices which take as
their theoretical and practical point of departure the whole of human relations
and their social context, rather than an independent and private space.Ó