Ursus Wehrli tidies up art

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Ursus Wehrli shares his vision for a cleaner, more organized, tidier form of art -- by deconstructing the paintings of modern masters.

Comedian and Cabaret artist Ursus Werhrli is the author of Tidying Up Art, a visionary manifesto that yearns towards a more rational, more organized and cleaner form of modern art. In deconstructing the work of Paul Klee, Jasper Johns and other artists into its components parts, organized by colour and size.

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Art as a State of Encounter in Life

It takes two people to produce a Relationship as well as an Artwork

Art as well as Society is an extremely cooperative system. The dense network of interconnections between members means that everything that happens in it will possibly be a function of all members. Artistic production is a relation of cause and effect that has as base the society. OurCommunitarianism foundations lead us to understand and cooperate with what surround us in a beneficial way for everyone involved.

An understanding of this Communitarianism and also the state of encounter that immerse everyone in a dialogue can be a synthesis of a natural symbiosis between Artistic Creation and Relationships:

· Full-Filling
· In(ter)ventive
· Cooperative
· Un/conscious
· Fe< >male
· Re … creation

In addition a state of encounter doesn’t reflect the dissolution of an individual; on contrary it produces a common understanding between two individuals.

Me + You = We
You + We = Me
We + Me = You

Fabrice Hybert defines art as a social function among others, a permanent ‘digestion of data’, the purpose of which is to discover ‘the initial desires that preside over the manufacture of objects.
Art itself comes from the social exchanges that happen in our everyday life. A dialogue that is being constantly open in order to generate discussion around our daily encounters which art contributes to its development.
Besides art being an encounter with what surrounds us is also an encounter within ourselves. These encounters can be defined as a reinvention of the self and an otherness as a means of defining the responsibility of every person involved. The outcome in our daily activities is the production of a subjectivity that is forever self-enriching its relationship with the world. The encounter becomes then more valuable than the product whatever it may be!

This can be called the reenchantment of life because allows a person to a dynamic approach to the banal and eclectic consumerism that preaches cynical indifference towards life!

How lateral thinking is promoted in Art & Design classes?

How lateral thinking[1] is promoted in Art & Design classes?

“An attempt should be made to develop lateral thinking attitudes as a habit of mind at least from the age of seven onwards”

(E. De Bono, pp16)

This is a statement that Edward de Bono makes in the initial pages of his book ‘lateral Thinking, A textbook for Creativity’, stresses the importance of encouraging lateral thinking as a form of cognitive development. This bold statement will act as my starting point to the development of my research into my question: How lateral thinking is promoted in Art & Design classes?

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[1] ‘lateral Thinking, A textbook for Creativity’, Edward de Bono, 1990

Video: Assange, Žižek and Goodman in conversation

On Saturday 2 July at 4pm GMT, Frontline Club hosted a conference featuring WikiLeaks editor-and-chief Julian Assange, Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek and Democracy Now! Amy Goodman. Full unedited video of the event, which focused on WikiLeaks-related issues, can be found below.

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Denis Dutton: A Darwinian theory of beauty

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Cooking as Alchemy

Homaro Cantu and Ben Roche come from Moto, a Chicago restaurant that plays with new ways to cook and eat food. But beyond the fun and flavor-tripping, there's a serious intent: Can we use new food technology for good?

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