Ihis text deals with the theory of art in classical antiquity, in particular the concepts of mimesis and aisthesis and their significance for the representation of works of art. The relationships between subject, object and language are also discussed.
What is art allowed to do?
Hier in Auroville wurde neulich ein Theaterstück von den Hausherren des Bharat Nivas vom Program genommen. Die Begründung war, dass einige in der Community Anstoß daran genommen hätten, noch bevor es aufgeführt wurde. Das wirft Fragen auf. Was darf Kunst, wann ist ein Verbot gerechtfertigt? Daran gekoppelt ist natürlich die Frage, was ist die Aufgabe […]
Labyrinth - process aesthetics
"the eye thinks even more than it listens" (Deleuze) I now remember that before I started reading Deleuze, I had been working on process aesthetics. I made a 100-page manuscript, with notes, quotations, structural sketches. I wanted to get away from the idea that art consists of objects that are perceived in a particular form, because [...]
Representation
Ahen I returned 'home' from India for the first time, I looked at my library and saw that almost nothing in it interested me anymore. What had happened? What is in this library and what is not? My library is that of a philosopher and art historian who has taught in Europe and the USA. It contains many [...]