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Bilateral Blogging, Lucas Ihlein
Bilateral Blogging, Lucas Ihlein
Faculty of Creative Arts - Papers (Archive)
In this discussion I consider the social and aesthetic functions of participatory visual art practice, with specific reference to my recent project "Bilateral Kellerberrin". Nicholas Bourriaud, in his book Relational Aesthetics, argues that the current era is characterised by the “reification” of social interactions. For Bourriaud, everyday interactions have become commodified and transformed into products which can be sold back to us. Bourriaud sees a role for contemporary visual art in resisting this commodification of everyday experience. He asserts that art is able to bloom in the gaps which are not controlled or mediated by commerce. Some art practices, then, …
Bilateral Petersham, Lucas M. Ihlein
Bilateral Petersham, Lucas M. Ihlein
Faculty of Creative Arts - Papers (Archive)
After I finished my blog project Bilateral Kellerberrin in WA (April-May 2005) I had an epiphany.
In Kellerberrin, I had an amazing time “getting to know the townsfolk” 2000km from home, but when I got back to my own suburb, I was struck by how little I knew my own neighbours.
So I decided to do the exact same project at home: and that’s what became Bilateral Petersham: April-May 2006.