Mark Dion: The Academy of Things

Williams, Robert ORCID logo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7771-2415 (2015) Mark Dion: The Academy of Things. In: Curiosity 2.0: Die Wunderkammer in der zeitgenössischen Kunst [The Cabinet of Curiosities in Contemporary Art], 16-17 January 2015, Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Dresden, Germany. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

Robert Williams presented on the 'Die Praxis der Wunderkammer / The Practice of the Wunderkammer' strand of this conference. This conference will seek an overview of current debates and of artistic and curatorial strategies concerning the wunderkammer. The contemporary version of the cabinet of curiosities is a machine for alternative world views, because inquiring minds and the thirst for knowledge cannot be tamed. What are the curiosities of the 21st century? Who are the freaks, what the monstrosities and where the mirabilia of the digital age? What are the politics, ideologies and dynamics of today’s Kunst- and Wunderkammer?

Diese Tagung möchte einen Überblick über aktuelle Debatten und künstlerische wie kuratorische Strategien zur Wunderkammer liefern. Was sind die Kuriositäten des 21. Jahrhunderts? Wer, die Freaks, was die Monstrositäten oder die Mirabilia des digitalen Zeitalters? Heute stellen Kuriositätenkabinette Maschinen für alternative Weltentwürfe dar, denn Neugierde, Schaulust oder Wissensdurst können nicht domestiziert werden. Was also sind die Politiken, Ideologien und Dynamiken zeitgenössischer Kunst- und Wunderkammern?

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Lecture)
Departments: Academic Departments > Institute of Arts (IOA) > Fine Arts
Depositing User: Anna Lupton
Date Deposited: 22 Nov 2019 16:26
Last Modified: 12 Jan 2024 13:45
URI: https://insight.cumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/5272

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