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Note(3)
A note is a space for writing down fragments of thoughts that arise spontaneously. The reason many people refuse to acknowledge much of contemporary art seems to lie in the belief that art must necessarily involve some form of sublime effort and craftsmanship. Up to the present, art has developed through advances in technique and…
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Note(2)
A note is a space for writing down fragments of thoughts that arise spontaneously. Music has undergone a different developmental trajectory in aesthetic theory than the visual arts. If we consider the origins of auditory art as lying in religion or recreation (such as passing time during labor), then the earliest aesthetics of music can…
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Note(1)
A note is a space for writing down fragments of thoughts that arise spontaneously. Auditory information cannot substitute for visual information. For example, Claude Debussy’s Clair de Lune, a representative work of Impressionist music, seems to evoke in listeners an impression of moonlight. Yet, it is uncertain whether someone listening to the piece—without knowledge of…
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The Open Concept of Art (Morris Weitz)
Weitz criticizes theories that attempt to determine the nature of art through definitions based on necessary and sufficient conditions. His concern is that such closed definitional approaches aim to prescribe the essence of art in an exclusivist way. According to him, essentialist theories exclude alternative definitions and try to formulate a single, perfect statement by…
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Formalism (Clement Greenberg)
According to Greenberg, the avant-garde concept embedded in modernist painting originates from attempts to escape the literary effects that had persisted in painting throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in order to secure independence within the realm of art. By “literary effects,” he refers to the thematization of content that painting acquires through imitation and…
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Formalism (Clive Bell)
Bell proposes two hypotheses: the aesthetic hypothesis and the metaphysical hypothesis. According to the aesthetic hypothesis, every work of visual art possesses significant form as a general property. The metaphysical hypothesis, on the other hand, focuses on the question: “Why does the arrangement and combination of forms in art affect us in such a peculiar…
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Neo-representational theory (Noël Carroll)
Neo-representationalism holds that, in order for a candidate to be considered an artwork, it must be about something. Moreover, what an artwork expresses may itself be the artwork or art in general. This concept can be restated as the claim that, in order to be regarded as an artwork, a candidate must possess some form…
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Expression Theory (Croce)
Benedetto Croce’s aesthetics form the foundation of his philosophical system, which he called the “philosophy of the spirit,” and the core concept employed is intuition. According to him, the activity of the spirit is divided into practical activity (for utility or morality) and theoretical activity, upon which practical activity depends. Theoretical activity aims at knowledge,…
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Idea Development (1)
This time, I developed a basic concept for the rail arrangement. As previously planned, I divided a total of 12 speakers into 6 pairs facing each other, and designed two types of rail lengths: short and long. I equated the short length to an individual and the long length to society, creating a total of…
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Test(1)
For this exhibition, the most crucial technical challenges will likely be the motor’s operation and thermal management. The motor needs to run continuously for 8-10 hours, and since the speakers must be driven while attached to a rail, thorough calculations and experiments regarding the load are deemed essential. This post aims to explore various methods…