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Christin Bolewski
CONTEMPORARY ART REVIEW
It seems like contemporary art practice is about breaking the rules and subverting a wide variety of taxonomies of art : there are no boundaries in it whereas the type of art you ’ re practicing has very real rules that you have to follow . What are some of the rules that when you sit down and you ’ re conceiving a new piece that you have to consider when you ’ re deciding whether or not you ’ re going to conceive something ?
All artwork that we have discussed here today are re-interpretations of traditions in art practice and history hence the central rule is to identify the core elements of a tradition and then to adapt them to explore the potentials of new technology and see how these traditions can be developed further through this process . ‘ Remediation ’ is a keyword for it , coined by Bolter and Grusin two media theorists in 2000 .
We like the way you structure your pieces . They leave space for the spectators to replay the ideas you explore in their own intimate lives , letting them become emotionally involved in what you are attempting to communicate . As Mexican artist Gabriel Orozco once stated , " the artist ’ s role differs depending on which part of the world you ’ re in . It depends on the political system you ’ re living under ". Do you think that the role of the artist has changed these days with the new global communications and the new sensibility created by new media ?
Especially for a digital media artist or filmmaker it is today very easy to exhibit artwork everywhere around the globe . You just send a digital file via Internet and can have your work shown simultaneously at many places . Hence an artist can create artwork for a global audience , or better say the artist has to be aware that the artwork might be perceived in many different cultural settings . mountainwater-painting and Shizen ? Natural , for example , have both been presented at many international exhibitions around the world . I have shown the work , for example , in Kathmandu in Nepal or in
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