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Country |
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Affliliation |
Monash University, Australia |
Biography |
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Paper |
Sited Propositional Sculpture: Its Public and Relation to Paper Architecture |
Abstract |
This paper considers implications for propositional sculpture that can be drawn from the architectural tradition of 'paper architecture'. It first argues that paper architecture provides a critical voice for architecture that is free of some of the constraints of the professional field and then explores the potential for propositional sculpture to provide a similar space for institutional critique. The paper unfolds in three sections. The first section describes the influence of Robert Smithson's site/non-site methodology on two contemporary art-practices based in Melbourne ' those of Open Spatial Workshop (OSW) and Tom Nicholson. These artists have produced significant propositional works that aspire to achieving an experientially spatial experience. Next, I review the tradition of paper-architecture and explore its role as a space of critique and visual theorisation. In the concluding section I sketch the implications of paper-architecture and argue that it offers a rejuvenated model of critique within the field of art. Moreover, I describe the way in which I seek to use propositional sculpture to engage sited field-work within my own art practice that is sited within the discursive framework of the university. |
Date |
Wednesday 28 September |
Session |
1:30pm - 3.00pm |
Speaking |
1:55pm |
| Spiros.Panigirakis@monash.edu | |
Website |
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