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...
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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
- Tobias Ertl, Département d'histoire de l'art et d'archéologie Université de Fribourg, Switzerland
- Irène Unholz
- Salvatore Vitale
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