Real Abstractions. Reconsidering Realism's Role for the Present

01.04.2023 – 31.03.2027

Summary

Scientific abstract

This project investigates artistic conceptions of reality against the backdrop of social processes of abstraction. It has become a commonplace in both popular and scientific discourse that our world is becoming increasingly abstract. Numerous phenomena accompanying the post-industrial capitalist dynamics of cultural production - financialization and global digital connectivity, but also cloud computing and information disor...

Persons

Applicants

  • Julia Gelshorn, Dépt d'Histoire de l'art & de Musicologie Faculté des Lettres Université de Fribourg, Switzerland
  • Wolfgang Brückle, Hochschule Luzern Design & Kunst, Switzerland

Employees

Project partners

  • Emmanuel Alloa, Lancaster University Faculté des Lettres Université de Fribourg, Great Britain and Northern Ireland
  • Mark Durden, European Centre for Documentary Research Faculty of Creative Industries University of South Wales, Great Britain and Northern Ireland
  • Kalle Sanner, The Academy of Arts and Design HDK Valand University of Gothenburg, Sweden
  • Tom Trevor, University of Exeter, Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Disciplines and keywords

mySNF disciplines (provided by researchers): Visual arts and Art history, Arts
Fields of research (mapped from mySNF Disciplines): Art history, theory and criticism, Visual arts
Keywords: Documentary, Realism, Contemporary Art, Modern Art, Abstraction, Artistic Research, Global Capitalism

Overview

Grant number
207845
Funding scheme
Project funding
Call
Project funding in humanities and social sciences (Division I) 2021 Oktober
Approved amount
1,000,984 CHF
Status
Ongoing
Research institution
University of Fribourg - FR
Institute
Dépt d'Histoire de l'art & de Musicologie Faculté des Lettres Université de Fribourg