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Reenactment in Istanbul of Mieko Shiomi's work event for the late afternoon performed in Okayama, Japan, 1964. (http://www.moma.org)
In the beginning we asked how dizziness can be translated to the field of typography and type design. Can a typeface make us dizzy?
The understanding of the specifics of the artistic work process is still incomplete. Philosophers like Maurice Merleau-Ponty (on Paul Cézanne) or Gilles Deleuze (on Francis Bacon in 'The Logic of Sensation') have ventured into that realm. This competition is an attempt by a team of artists and scientists whom together are trying to come to a more profound and holistic understanding of the artistic process and its needs.
"Everything is in relation to everything" - Glimpses on a meeting
The prestigious award goes to Czech sculptor and artist Magdalena Jetelová, the Austrian University of Applied Arts Vienna and the American non-profit organisation Printed Matter, Inc.
The workshop will shed new light on disorientation and on how film artists throughout history use (optical) disorientation and confusion as a paradigm in their work. What can be gained by losing one’s grip, by simply letting go? What pictures arise with dizziness?
Exhibition series and with a decentralised programme, featuring discursive formats, screenings, performances, and an audio archive.
