MARCUS STEINWEG WHAT IS ART? 12 DEFINITIONS
Photo: Gramsci Monument, by Thomas Hirschhorn, NYC 2013
1. ART IS THE CONFRONTATION OF THE HERE AND NOW.
2. ART IMPLIES RESISTANCE TOWARDS THE IMPERIALISM OF FACTS.
3. ART IS POINTING OUT THE ONTOLOGICAL INCONSISTENCY OF THE WORLD OF ESTABLISHED CONSISTENCIES.
4. ART GIVES FORM TO FORMLESSNESS ITSELF.
5. ART MAKES CHAOS PRECISE.
6. ART IS AFFIRMATION OF CONTINGENCY.
7. AS AFFIRMATION OF CONTINGENCY ART IS AFFIRMATION OF THE NAMELESS.
8. AS AFFIRMATION OF THE NAMELESS ART GOES BEYOND ONTOLOGICAL NARCISSISM.
9. AS TRANSCENDENCE OF ONTOLOGICAL NARCISSISM ART IMPLIES THE EXPERIENCE OF THE UNCANNY.
10. THE ARTWORK IS THE PLACEHOLDER OF THE UNCANNY.
11. ART IS A MODE OF THINKING THAT RELATES TO A SUBJECT WITHOUT SUBJECTIVITY.
12. AS THE EXPERIENCE OF THE LACK OF SUBJECTIVITY ART AFFIRMS ITSELF AS AFFIRMATION OF A WORLD WITHOUT BEYOND.
NYC, 2nd July 2013