Comments on: Art, psychology or empty room?

By: ambulantscience

ambulantscience — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 21:43:48 +0000

>the above work is more in the realm of philosophy and psychology…
under current conditions, it’s hard to claim that the above disciplines no bearing on art theory and practice. it is clearly the case that artists’ practice, especially in an academic context, should be as self-reflective as in any other discipline. the literatures of philosophy and so on contribute to our understanding of both our own and others’ practice, and is often integral to the development of new artwork.
>it’s lame for these artists to claim the obscurity of other professions as their work of art.
of course, but there is no suggestion of this in ‘gallery space recall’. the work is one outcome from a research & development project by an artist and psychologist. the aim was to develop a protocol which could be deployed in each discipline to produce valida data for each practitioner.
deployed in the gallery – an invitation “to recall, from memory, another gallery space” operates on the literatures of ‘space’ that informs current art theory and practice – the literature of so-called ‘new institution critique’; deployed within psychology, it is understood in terms of scientific method, experiment and the literatures of specific memory disorders.
in each case the work is valid within its field. at no point is there a need to appeal to another discpline for validation.

By: torkstone

torkstone — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 16:54:31 +0000

The definition of Art has been mutilated/mutated since the invention of photography and the masters of the Renaissance era… it’s as broad as the universe/mind… the above work is more in the realm of philosophy and psychology… it’s lame for these artists to claim the obscurity of other professions as their work of art… here’s an idea, sit in front of a ceiling-suspended used urinal inside a white walled gallery and see what comes to mind… NOW, you are a part of the art work… or a mental patient, according to some psychologists…

By: onemonkey

onemonkey — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 21:55:48 +0000

That is a good idea and I think you might be interested on my own thoughts about a related phenomenon..(http://onemonkey.org/index.php/blog.php/2006/03/28/interest_in_art_increases_with_age)
Namely, that ones ability to ‘appreciate’ art changes with time, precisely because ones accumulation of memory and experience with age makes something abstract in the art more relevant to you than it was when you were younger and everything was more concrete.
If you follow me? Follow the link to see if make myself any clearer at greater length.
regards,
Caspar
PS I will try to get there on Wednesday.

By: kiume

kiume — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 19:32:23 +0000

Tres cool. I love it when art gets people outraged and questioning, “Is it art?” It is art if it’s provoking thought. Nice concept; bravo to you and Simon on the whole project.