Thursday, April 7, 2011

Lluís Sabadell Artiga -- a manifesto en contra del paisaje



This catalán artist has some very invigorating ideas.  And his art looks great too.  I must, of course, wonder about the endorsement of Nature, but not landscape - both are limiting imaginaries.  The question should be asked about the relationship between our imaginary of Nature to our imaginary of landscape.  I see a bit of a correlate here... They don't even work through metaphor or translation - but simply as part (lanscape) to the whole (Nature).  What is great is thinking about what typically constructs a landscape and pulling it apart to think about its pieces.  To follow OOO, the parts are greater than the whole.  So both imaginaries are equally guilty of avoiding the tough questions of interconnectedness.

A *print* form in Catalan and a *web* form in Castellano...

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