the experience of art and the art of experience: museums, theme parks, and van gogh in the 21st century
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| Název: | the experience of art and the art of experience: museums, theme parks, and van gogh in the 21st century |
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| Autoři: | brock, taylor (author) |
| Informace o vydavateli: | University of Southern California Digital Library (USC.DL), 2023. |
| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
| Témata: | Roski School of Art and Design (school), Master of Arts / Master of Planning (degree), Curatorial Practices and the Public Sphere (degree program) |
| Popis: | We, in the 21st century, are a series of contradictions. Many of us have spent our lives unintentionally digesting nondecomposable materials, materials that will live on beyond our corporeal selves, making us a collaboration between organic and artificial, natural and unnatural. Our lives are becoming more mediated by technology, though we still value in-person interactions. Participation in organized religion is at an all-time low, yet we crave meaning and oneness. There is a crisis of imagination, as people cut themselves off from history, and simultaneously fail to see any possibility of a radically different future. The experience of art is one of the greatest tools for connecting us to a world outside of ourselves, as well as helping us to imagine alternate realities. Yet, much of the visual art of today is experienced in either a hyper-controlled, innocuous museum or a vaguely art-flavored ?immersive exhibition.? In this thesis, I will assess these extremes of the contemporary art world and consider some artists and art spaces pushing back against white walls, single lanes, and neutrality. What role do phenomenology, and cultural, historical, and site specificity play in the experience of art? How do we embrace this ?doubleness of experience? to reawaken our sense of imagination around our social and political realities? Can we expand our idea of art and pull inspiration from less traditional spaces? I am not suggesting that theme parks and jazz music will save the world, but hey, maybe I am! |
| Druh dokumentu: | Thesis |
| Jazyk: | English |
| DOI: | 10.25549/usctheses-ouc113305040 |
| Přístupové číslo: | edsair.doi...........4ccf99829c4a811330d97d730c0c830e |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
Nájsť tento článok vo Web of Science | Abstrakt: | We, in the 21st century, are a series of contradictions. Many of us have spent our lives unintentionally digesting nondecomposable materials, materials that will live on beyond our corporeal selves, making us a collaboration between organic and artificial, natural and unnatural. Our lives are becoming more mediated by technology, though we still value in-person interactions. Participation in organized religion is at an all-time low, yet we crave meaning and oneness. There is a crisis of imagination, as people cut themselves off from history, and simultaneously fail to see any possibility of a radically different future. The experience of art is one of the greatest tools for connecting us to a world outside of ourselves, as well as helping us to imagine alternate realities. Yet, much of the visual art of today is experienced in either a hyper-controlled, innocuous museum or a vaguely art-flavored ?immersive exhibition.? In this thesis, I will assess these extremes of the contemporary art world and consider some artists and art spaces pushing back against white walls, single lanes, and neutrality. What role do phenomenology, and cultural, historical, and site specificity play in the experience of art? How do we embrace this ?doubleness of experience? to reawaken our sense of imagination around our social and political realities? Can we expand our idea of art and pull inspiration from less traditional spaces? I am not suggesting that theme parks and jazz music will save the world, but hey, maybe I am! |
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| DOI: | 10.25549/usctheses-ouc113305040 |