1. ‘Iron Man’ (lullaby rendition of Black Sabbath, Rockabye Baby, 2010
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2. Why Did They Do That?!
Understanding Critical Practices in Art & Design
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3. Key aims...
– Explore ‘critical practice’ as a way of
identifying and challenging orthodoxies and
assumptions in order to evolve art/design,
and to enrich, and invite us to question,
our experience of the world.
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4. Key aims...
– Explore ‘critical practice’ as a way of
identifying and challenging orthodoxies and
assumptions...
– ...in order to evolve art/design,...
– ...and to enrich, and invite us to question,
our experience of the world.
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5. Key aims...
– Explore ‘critical practice’ as a way of
identifying and challenging orthodoxies and
assumptions...
– ...in order to evolve art/design,...
– ...and to enrich, and invite us to question,
our experience of the world.
– Consider your practice.
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6. “Why did they do that?!”
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7. “Why did they do that?!”
Not...
“Why do people make art/design?”
But...
“Why did that person do that, like that,
rather than something else, like
something else?”
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8. The world is full of beautiful things...
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10. Fixes temporality
freezes time
‘The Kiss’ Rodin, 1889
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11. ‘The Lovers of Valdaro’ died: ~4000BCE, discovered: 2007
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13. Fractures
geography
Lunar Surface NASA, 1969
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14. ‘La Pietà’ Michelangelo, 1499
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15. ‘La Pietà’ (detail) Michelangelo, 1499
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16. The lecture today is not about BEAUTY
(although it is a bit)
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17. ‘Cosmic Synchromy’ SYNCHRONISM Russell, 1914
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18. The lecture today is not about the
MATERIALISATION and EXPRESSION of
IMAGINATION
(although, of course, it is)
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20. The lecture today is not about ‘STYLE’
(but it will have to be)
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21. The lecture today is not about CRITICAL
THEORY
(although there is some (deconstruction,
appropriation, etc.))
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23. Pussy Riot 2012
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24. The lecture today is not about PROTEST or
‘EXTERNAL’ criticism
(although it sometimes is)
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25. The lecture today IS about art/design being
critical OF art/design
(an introverted criticism)
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26. ?
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27. Portrait of the Artist's Mother 1896
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28. Portrait of the Artist's Mother Picasso, 1896
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29. ‘Femme en Pleurs’ Picasso, 1937
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30. ‘Revival’ DAB Radio Roberts, 2012
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31. ‘Radio in a Bag’ Weil, 1982
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32. I am going to present a number of art/design
works and the hope is that a more contingent
and nuanced understanding of ‘criticality’ will
emerge...
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33. I am going to present a number of art/design
works and the hope is that a more contingent
and nuanced understanding of ‘criticality’ will
emerge...
– There will likely be more questions than
answers today
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34. I am going to present a number of art/design
works and the hope is that a more contingent
and nuanced understanding of ‘criticality’ will
emerge...
– There will likely be more questions than
answers today
– So why is this useful to you?
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36. Make things look beautiful
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37. Make things look beautiful
vs.
Make things use beautiful
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38. Make things look beautiful
vs.
Make things use interesting
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39. Make things look beautiful
vs.
Make ‘things’ that are
‘interesting’ to use
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40. ‘Aesthetics of use’*
––––––––––––––––––
Visual Aesthetics
* (Dunne, 1999)
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43. ‘Hertzian Tales: Electronic Products, Aesthetic Experience, and Critical Desgn’. Dunne, 1999, pp.14
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45. Critical design:
“It’s design that aims to uncover human ideas
rather than shift product”
‘Hertzian Tales: Electronic Products, Aesthetic Experience, and Critical Desgn’. Dunne, 1999
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46. Collection of Critical Design Objects from ‘Design Noir’ Dunne & Raby, 2005
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47. Post-optimality
‘Hertzian Tales: Electronic Products, Aesthetic Experience, and Critical Desgn’. Dunne, 1999
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48. Post-optimality
Chindogu Kawakami, 1985+
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49. Chindogu Kawakami, 1985+
Kawakami, 2004
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50. Collection of Objects from ‘Accessories for a Lonely Man’ Toran, 2001
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51. Criticality as a mode of thought, some ideas...
– Deconstruction
– Appropriation
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52. What do I mean by deconstruction...?
The word deconstruction has different
meanings for different people...
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53. Deconstructionism
(Philosophy)
Deconstruction
(deconstructing and ‘un-constructing’)
Deconstructivism
(Architecture)
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54. ‘South Wind, Clear Sky’ (2nd of ‘36 Views of Mount Fuji’) Hokusai, 1830
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55. mountain
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56. Ferdinand De Saussure
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58. Jaques Derrida
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59. Jaques Derrida
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60. "Deconstruction is not synonymous with
‘destruction’, however. It is in fact much
closer to the original meaning of the word
'analysis' itself, which [...] means "to
undo" [...] If anything is destroyed in a
deconstructive reading, it is not the text,
but the claim to unequivocal domination
of one mode of signifying over another.”
‘The Critical Difference’. Johnson, 1981
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61. Jaques Derrida
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63. ‘Bleu Remix’ Marussich, 2008
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64. ‘Bleu Remix’ Marussich, 2008
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65. ‘Bleu Remix’ Marussich, 2008
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66. ‘Bleu Remix’ Marussich, 2008
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67. ‘Bleu Remix’ After 20-mins Marussich, 2008
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68. ‘Bleu Remix’ After 40-mins Marussich, 2008
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69. ‘Bleu Remix’ After 60-mins Marussich, 2008
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70. ‘Bleu Remix’ Marussich, 2008
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71. Razzle-dazzle camouflage
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72. ‘100 Special Moments’ Salavon, 2006
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73. ‘Image Fulgurator’ Von Bismark, 2007
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74. “The Image Fulgurator is a device for
physically manipulating photographs.
It intervenes when a photo is being
taken, without the photographer
being able to detect anything. The
manipulation is only visible on the
photo afterwards.”
‘Image Fulgurator’ Von Bismark, 2007
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75. LENS RECORDING MEDIUM
(unexposed)
LIGHT
APERTURE
(closed)
Inside a camera
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76. LENS RECORDING MEDIUM
(exposed)
LIGHT
APERTURE
(open)
Inside a camera
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77. ‘NORMAL’ PHOTOGRAPHY
View Finder
Aperture Closed
Projection from Fulgurator
Final Photo
‘Image Fulgurator’ stage ONE: ‘looking’ Von Bismark, 2007
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78. ‘NORMAL’ PHOTOGRAPHY
View Finder
Aperture Opens
Projection from Fulgurator
Final Photo
‘Image Fulgurator’ stage TWO: ‘button pressed...’ Von Bismark, 2007
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79. ‘NORMAL’ PHOTOGRAPHY
View Finder
Aperture Open
Projection from Fulgurator
Final Photo
‘Image Fulgurator’ stage THREE: ‘camera flash’ Von Bismark, 2007
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80. ‘NORMAL’ PHOTOGRAPHY
View Finder
Aperture Closes
Projection from Fulgurator
Final Photo
‘Image Fulgurator’ stage FOUR: ‘photograph taken’ Von Bismark, 2007
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81. ‘Image Fulgurator’ Final ‘Normal’ Photograph Von Bismark, 2007
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82. ‘Image Fulgurator’ Inside the Image Fulgurator Von Bismark, 2007
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83. ‘FULGURATED’ PHOTOGRAPHY
View Finder
Aperture Closed
Projection from Fulgurator
Final Photo
‘Image Fulgurator’ stage ONE: ‘looking’ Von Bismark, 2007
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84. ‘FULGURATED’ PHOTOGRAPHY
View Finder
Aperture Opens
Projection from Fulgurator
Final Photo
‘Image Fulgurator’ stage TWO: ‘button pressed...’ Von Bismark, 2007
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85. ‘FULGURATED’ PHOTOGRAPHY
View Finder
Aperture Open
Projection from Fulgurator
Final Photo
‘Image Fulgurator’ stage THREE: ‘camera flashes’ Von Bismark, 2007
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86. ‘FULGURATED’ PHOTOGRAPHY
View Finder
Aperture Open
Projection from Fulgurator
Final Photo
‘Image Fulgurator’ stage FOUR: ‘Fulgurator detects flash’ Von Bismark, 2007
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87. ‘FULGURATED’ PHOTOGRAPHY
View Finder
Aperture Open
Projection from Fulgurator
Final Photo
‘Image Fulgurator’ stage FIVE: ‘Fulgurator flashes’ Von Bismark, 2007
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88. ‘FULGURATED’ PHOTOGRAPHY
View Finder
Aperture Closes
Projection from Fulgurator
Final Photo
‘Image Fulgurator’ stage SIX: ‘photograph taken’ Von Bismark, 2007
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89. ‘Image Fulgurator’ Expected ‘Normal’ Photograph Von Bismark, 2007
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90. ‘Image Fulgurator’ Actual ‘Fulgurated’ Photograph Von Bismark, 2007
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91. ‘L’Homme au Chapeau Melon’ Magritte, 1964
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92. Tianamen Square, China Von Bismark, 2007
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93. Reichstag, Berlin Von Bismark, 2007
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94. Live Fulgarator demo at Ars Electronica, Linz Von Bismark, 2008
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95. What do I mean by appropriation...?
“...a process by which images, forms or styles
from non-art contexts, or differing art & design
fields, are taken and assimilated into artistic
practice.”
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96. ‘Photographs of the Burroughs Family’ (Alabama share-croppers) Evans, 1936
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97. Photographs of Walker Evan’s photographs Levine, 1979
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98. Scans of Sherrie Levine’s photographs Mandiberg, 2001
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99. Appropriation
‘Corrupt’ Sukyoung, 2009
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100. Appropriation
‘Corrupt’ Sukyoung, 2009
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101. Appropriation
‘Corrupt’ Sukyoung, 2009
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102. Isn’t all art/design practice appropriation to
some extent?
These ideas of appropriation are brought to the
fore in art, and made tangible/recognisable.
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103. ‘Great Deeds Against the Dead’ (plate 39 from ‘Disasters of War’) Goya, 1810
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104. ‘Great Deeds Against the Dead’ Chapman Bros, 1994
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105. ‘Sex’ Chapman Bros, 2003
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106. ‘Chapmans’ Dead Guys’ Cake & Neave, 2004
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107. ‘Hirst’s Shark Tank (Renovated)’ Cake & Neave, 2008
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108. ‘Emin’s Bed’ Cake & Neave, 2004
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109. ‘Sunflowers’ Van Gogh, 1889,
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110. 'Sunflowers From Petrol Station' (part of the‘Crude Oils’ collection) Banksy, 2005,
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111. Modified Oil Painting ‘#18’ (from the ‘Crude Oils’ collection) Banksy
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112. objectives
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113. objectives
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114. objectives
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115. objectives
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116. objectives
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117. objectives
‘Sunset Barn’ from the ‘War’ collection
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118. objectives
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119. ‘Tourists’ from the ‘Tourists’ collection
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120. ‘Tourists II’ by Duane Hanson, 1988
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121. ‘Polar Bear Cub’ from the ‘Polar’ collection
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122. ‘Paradise’ from the ‘Guerrillas in the Misc.’ collection
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123. objectives
Crapestry.co.uk
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124. Theo’s final thoughts...
Consider your practice.
Think about the expected ways that you do
things (and everyone else does).
Think about changing them.
...this is a core drive of my option and I hope to
see you there...
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