Publication
Towards an agonistic ethics in contemporary art
| datacite.subject.fos | Humanidades::Artes | pt_PT |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Cachola, Ana Cristina Pires | |
| dc.contributor.author | Vannocci, Orsola | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-02-13T10:11:11Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-02-13T10:11:11Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-11-29 | |
| dc.date.submitted | 2019 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Today we are witnessing the emergence of antagonism, a dimension intrinsically bound to the human beings, which results from the expression of specific power relations composing social hegemonies, that inevitably want to prevail over each other. Furthermore, the system of symbols produced by the dominant hegemony to maintain the control, has pervaded all sides of the human sphere, creating its own aesthetic. According to Chantal Mouffe (2013), the antagonist dimension could be solved, or better yet sublimated, through its conversion to agonism, which is realized through discussion and confrontation among peers. In this context, the aim of this dissertation is to analyse how contemporary art practices might operate as effective counter-hegemonic processes, taking into account the particularity inherent in ethics (Badiou, 2001) and the political dimension to which art is intrinsically bound (Rancière, 2004). After a first theoretical backbone, which presents an analysis of participatory art and deepens the concept of agonistic approach, I consider the practice of three artists, Joseph Beuys (1921-1986), Paweł Althamer (1967) and Tania Bruguera (1968), whose works are challenging the viewer in a counter-hegemonic manner, to answer the main question of this dissertation: how should the artists engage the viewer through their artistic practices and actions? It will be seen that the work of these artists seems to tell that the artistic practice should not be superior to the spectator, neither an explicit complaint. It should question the system, being a subtle trigger for the beholder, inducing a reaction, a dialogue, an autonomous reflection. | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.tid | 202383954 | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/29535 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | pt_PT |
| dc.title | Towards an agonistic ethics in contemporary art | pt_PT |
| dc.type | master thesis | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| rcaap.rights | openAccess | pt_PT |
| rcaap.type | masterThesis | pt_PT |
| thesis.degree.name | Mestrado em Estudos de Cultura | pt_PT |