Forms of formless knowledge
In autumn 2010, having recently opened our office, we invited Ana Vujanović and Marta Popivoda to talk about TkH – Walking Theory (http://www.tkh-generator.net), a platform set up in 2000 in Belgrade, instigated by different artists, theoreticians and researchers. This gave them an idea of the background to the Bulegoa Zenbaki Barik project…(Read More)
Forms of formless knowledge
The seminar approaches textiles from the epistemological perspective of the South aiming to address ways to examine, discuss, declassify and ponder the current aesthetic role of textiles within contemporary art and art history. The presentations pinpoint several disruptions textiles introduce within hierarchical and binary divisions such as the separation between art and crafts, the limits…(Read More)
Forms of formless knowledge
“There is not ‘a’ potato,” Emmánuel Lizcano would say. How to explain forms that marvel us, that capture our attention independently of our own intellectual criteria, tastes or definitions? The images, stories, myths and traditions relating to potatoes make up a strange cocktail of expertises and flavours, errors and illusions, fancies and histories. The…(Read More)
Forms of formless knowledge
Althusser looks back in time. The silent discourse of incomplete work, as opposed to open work, appears in time and not place; it appears as a recapitulation. Because, to quote Althusser, if the object of theatre is “to set in motion the immobile, the eternal sphere of the illusory consciousness” of the mythical world, then…(Read More)
Forms of formless knowledge
Bojana Kunst presents a Glossary session on the notion of “time”. The philosopher, dramaturgue and performance theoretician proposes the reading of “Useless Time” (2013) as a preview of the conversation that will take place with the audience. To take part in the session and be sent the text, please write to bulegoa@bulegoa.org. Please…(Read More)
Forms of formless knowledge
The seminar will address the question of exhibiting textiles in a contemporary exhibition format. The morning will take the form of an informal workshop with presentations looking at the current positioning of textiles within contemporary art practice and curatorial strategy. Artists and curators will present examples of ways in which they have used textiles to…(Read More)
Forms of formless knowledge
On the 24th of February, Retrospectiva, an exhibition by Xavier Le Roy, opened at the Fundació Tàpies, Barcelona. The idea of the retrospective works in the exhibition as a means of production rather than a way of ordering his trajectory as an artist. On the 25th of February, Xavier Le Roy’s definition of…(Read More)
Forms of formless knowledge
Apparently, art and social thought operate in different arenas, using contradictory approaches in their logic. It is a widely accepted cliché to state that each of the two areas has found its own rationality and means of expression for conceptualising reality. Nevertheless, there is a long history of relationship and contact between them. There are…(Read More)
Forms of formless knowledge
In 1965, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) proclaimed the launch of a revolution in its political program, and its armed struggle to liberate Palestine from occupation. The organization was structured to operate like a government in exile, replete with executive and legislative bodies, a constitutional text, a higher command, as well as military and civilian…(Read More)