A starting point of this artistic research, there are two books as references, one is Ancient Greek's which I cannot read the original language (but I saw (lookted at) all artefacts of this catalogue in Greece), I can look at pictures, and another one is The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Paradox. In the Philosophy of art, Wohlheim is very important in the research that refers to Goodmans´ and others. Particularly for the visualisation. However, today, that is a kind of law in the visual arts for us and also for the art historian, that is for their interpretation of an artwork. What its way of research is problematic, which is not about aestheticization, but rather its kind of law in art which makes a kind of moral, how it would be interpreted. Thus, a kind of law on the mental level is going more and more so far from the contemporary law.
The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Paradox is a handbook, that the notion of paradox dates back to ancient philosophy. Probably, Wohllheim had studied from that points. I study that from current perspectives in this artistic research N.N-Zwischenleigend - a progressive investigation into errors.
In Nanay's Lecture at a conference in June 2021, I am greatly thankful, especially for a picture of Tortoiseshell decoration, that is 'artefact, which I have been researching, which Tortoiseshell decoration is a kind of documentation of the notion in their life. (->hieroglyph, which was on time, space and body of object and subject) I have also Greek's from Greece (in 2016, after this book, I met a book of Nanay at a conference in 2016. In this conference, there was another talk on formalism from the aspect of anthropological context. In Europe, even today, that formalism (a researcher/Prof. at FU Berlin) is out of academic art, but since 20th century, those are in a part of high art, and in the research such as by Claude Lévi-Strauss.), that is current study. How it is different as in central Europe, I can see it. It must be translated, not interpreted and not identify.
On minimal art origin from the Cristian culture and minimalism origin from the Buddhists culture in the context of Wohlheim: There is another context in this topic of art, which terms of Marxs´theory. (Where I live in Berlin, that is near from Marxs', where he wrote his doctoral thesis in Berlin. I have the experience of the environment where he wrote his doctoral thesis. My understanding of his doctoral thesis is "I can imagine." from which aspect was. (Thereby I thought whether it applies also for rice, not only for bread and potato? - on quantum, produce and tax, its consume. In doing so, a question in art on creativity of human(s). -> on equality and fairness in that context.) In this research, I touch on his doctoral thesis, what I can imagine from there, but from the aspect of actuality.
For instance, for and from the aspect of natural science, minimalism is importants´. In art, it means rather for artefacts, which is not a vase or a bowl. Because minimalism today is a kind of method for the research logically. (A decorative vase or a bowl itself is not artefacts. There were/are very few of decorative vases or bowls as artefacts, which were/are a kind of hieroglyph, was/is on time, space and body of object and subject. Hierograph is not the same as the Western painting.)
Slowly and slowly, I am understanding, I am an artistic researcher which study is not on art, but rather on artefacts. Very few, but some of artworks in the context of idealism in the Central europe are artefacts also.
-> In the context of Lévi-Strauss, he argues that the raven and coyote "mediate" the opposition between life and death, a picture of Tortoiseshell decoration shows between life and death in the nature, it (object) was a target of two subjects.
-> My research is overlapped philosophy and anthropology due to the aspect of study of medicine in Japan, such as 'universality' in philosophy and in metaphysics, as well as 'natural law', and 'universal law', that overlaps with anthropology. 'universality' in the (western) philosophy is rather in which philosophy terms of absolutism. -> Mornachy
I am against imperialism (dictator-system). Cultural imperialism, maybe it is such as Iemoto-system in the Traditional Japanese culture, but today's is only name. It calls Iemoto, but actually, that is a conteporary organisation, such as a dance company or a dance association in the contemporary society,
I am also critical towards absolute universality, that was in the context of Auschwitz (Genocide), as well as dropping of the atom bomb. Russians (as well Soviet Union) was also in the context of absolute universality.
-> There was another research of university from the mathematics 100 years ago, that I research, such as in Bauhaus, Wittgenstein, DADA, music composers, visual artists, artists and many other contemporary philosophers and thinkers.
The Dinner Party by Judy Chicago
In the USA, there were/are many woman artists, were/are professional.
Judy Chicago's dinner party in the 1990s was a great work of art. But I didn't research it for several reasons. One is, I did not have a chance to see her artwork in a space. I saw (look at) it only prints.
For the research, for what I need to see,
- Coding (transforming) criterium and its new coding (including of shape, color, composition, as well as materiality)
- Spatiality of installation (Its time and space), modality.
So, I cannot say so much about her art, I can say just theoretically. Because I had only the information without aesthetic experience through the catalogues and the articles not only in the USA and Germany, as well as in Japan.
Another feminist artist in Germany is Rebecca Horn, her mecanical artwork (kinetic artwork) shows that it is a consumable item. Her artwork is so-called surrealism, but it is towards romantism in acturality. I mean without the psychological aspect, maybe it is similar to Duchamp, and other New Art in the 20th century. I like the attitude of her artwork towards art, that refuses to be interpreted her work.
Nechvatal has really good collection, I like his art criticism. Danto left an account, many researchers study it on the level of visual knowing, which I found very interesting. His account on the level of visual knowing, it is very difficult to de-coding it. It refers to the question of moral for human contemporary society. In the USA, it applies for such as on the topic of plastic surgery in aesthetics.
Plastic surgery and other esthetic surgeries are commercial, and in Germany, it is impossible to afford generally. For the medical study, plastic surgery is impostant for patients, who have accident or breast cancer, and other diseases. The question of commercialization of medicine is in the medical law. Is there a solution and guarantee for the failure of the surgery and the physical problems caused by the surgery? Also the question for the instrumentalization of the human body, does it make us be happy or? i.e in the case of Michael Jackson. When humans start to care, they care about everything and often will get sick. The patient has a desire for an ideal, or the patient thinks "It is better to fit in the social norm. such as for getting a better job.". Sometimes the doctor convinces the patient, therefore, the patient to start to think "I (my face) am wrong.".
What is interesting in Freud's psychology, that is not the symbolic phenomenon of erection, but "nocturnal emission" and "ejaculation" at the psychological (mental) level without body.
I did not see (look at) all of Horn's artworks, some of them are in the account of Danto. I would like to discuss this with Nechvatal.
Lucas Cranach der Jüngere,
Ruhende Quellnymphe
Cranach, Lucas, der Jüngere (1515-1586), Ruhende Quellnymphe, Öl auf Holz, 121, 2x71, 2, Renaissance, 1550, Deutschland, Nationalmuseum für Kunst, Oslo.
Due to the collapse of the absolute monarchy (caste system) through the French Revolution and the subsequent liberalization due to the British Industrial Revolution (developing of time-based medium in film and music, and its technology of the copy, Abdruck (Abdrücken) and so on), the desire of the subconscious mind had been becoming infinite.
e.g. A Picasso's friend who was a role model for his idea, died, he committed suicide. He had fallen in love with a German woman, but had problems with impotence and depression.
Freud was a doctor in psychology, his perspective was for the patient from a doctor. He has analysed human psycho.
In the Western research methods are analysis and/or interpretation, in Japan, there is the solving of the problem (question), that is even if in the medicine.
-> Surrealism and Automatism
-> Generative art
I think that a robotic painting of Nechvatal's is also in an account of surrealism. Nechvatal's is (I think at this moment) an account of post-surautomatism. His algorithmic composition for AI (I guess) is not L-system, (I am still researching)..., what I don't understand currently, about "the ecology will perpetually produce different variation based on the parameters and algorithms used.", about "different variation" I cannot understand. L-system is also, it might be possible to describe as a different generative variation. In doing so, I read about stochastic.
Karl Marx's theory of alienation:
Since Marx's theory, Feminists have been arguing towards the theories of masculinity of materiality, such as Family, Love, Ageing, and so on in (im-)materiality. As well as towards women in the contemporary society.
Italian feminists argued for immateriality, because of '0'.
My account in the artistic research is post-post minimalism and post-surrealism in the 21st century.
I have a new draft "Silence surrounds us, silence around us." with an architect, who is a German. Thereby, 'generative' is a keyword.
-> The theory of the Oedipus complex (dream analysis) by Freud, but many were critical of his theory in psychology. In Japan, that was from Lacan*'s aspect in the Post-war. -> Japanese Surrealism
Surrealism and Lacan
My argument for "ecology of the brain" on Magritte by Thomas Fuchs in neuroscience is from this aspect.
*Jacques Marie Émile Lacan was a French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist who has been called "the most controversial psycho-analyst since Freud.
I think that Kindergeld (Parental income doesn't matter) in Germany is a reduction of 19% (7%) consume tax in a family. Kind (child) does not work (Kind does not pay the income tax, but Kind consumes including of tax. Kind has the right to reduce the tax. A child is not out of society, not '0' right, but rather in a part of society. '1' and actuality -> fairness of the society)
Kindergeld in Germany is not due to Christian morals, but rather it is towards Marx's theory by Social democratic theory.
André Masson automatic drawing
Ink on paper, 91⁄4 × 81⁄8" (23.5 × 20.6 cm). Museum of Modern Art, New York
There are two or more types of improvisation in music.
- Account of 0
- Account of 1
- Surautomatism
- Genereative
- Variation
Artistic research -> Series Project B.O.D.Y.