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10/8/2004

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Centre for Contemporary Photography - CCP, Fitzroy

August 11 @ 6.30pm
Relational Aesthetics Forum
A Constructed World, Laëtitia Bourget and Stuart Koop. Chaired by Daniel Palmer

‘Relational aesthetics’ is a term coined by the French curator and writer Nicholas Bourriaud to describe a broad strand of contemporary art in which the sphere of human relations constitutes the site of the artwork’s meaning. It names, for example, forms of art practice where the artist models ‘situations’ or generates micro-utopias. Three invited artists and a curator will examine the theme of relational aesthetics in relation to their own thoughts on art practice; what it is, what it might mean, who might be doing it in Australia, its connections to photo-documentation and new media art practice, and what it might mean for artists, audiences, curators and art institutions? Is relational aesthetics an entirely new vocation for art or just the latest buzzword?

Jacqui Riva & Geoff Lowe work collaboratively under the name A Constructed World (ACW), and divide their time between Milan and Melbourne. Their project consists in the making of exhibitions, collaborative workshops, events, and publishing projects which explore interfaces with art audiences and also with those not usually involved in contemporary art. Laëtitia Bourget is a French artist whose work awakens more the concept of activity rather than the utilisation of a particular medium. Developed around problematics of the body, both physical and existential, her work also begins from particular social contexts. Stuart Koop is an independent writer, curator and arts administrator. He was previously Curator at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art and Director of the Centre for Contemporary Photography, and is currently completing a book on contemporary Australian artists.


Centre for Contemporary Photography (CCP)
The Australian Centre
University of Melbourne,
149 Barry Street Carlton
Tel +61 3 8344 9045

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