A sense of becoming and alienation: the retrospective in the work of Jordan McKenzie
| Autor: | Angela Bartram |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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| Zdroj: | Studies in Theatre and Performance. 38:328-345 |
| ISSN: | 2040-0616 1468-2761 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/14682761.2018.1503849 |
| Popis: | The act of art retrospective, specifically that placed within a museum or gallery, is to reflect on, and give knowledge of something past. Retroactive in its overview of an artist’s practice, it is inherently backwards facing rather than future focused. As an act that specifies finiteness and conclusion, a living artist’s retrospective produces an ananomaly.In 2016, I simultaneously staged the Alternative Document symposium and exhibition. This included Retrospective 2027 by Jordan McKenzie, an event set in the future and staged by a living artist. Positioned as a keynote in the symposium rather than the exhibition it not only offered the retrospective as a representation of the artworks of the living, but also challenged traditional formats of structural placement. Situated within colloquialism rather than exhibition, the aim was to set it adrift from the gallery to open it to critical analysis and debate. This essay considers McKenzie’s approach to retrospective and how it differs from the conve... |
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