In contrast to conventional
research processes, for example in the sciences, research in an artistic context not only precedes the artistic work that
results but also becomes the actual object of the investigation.
Within artistic fields of practice
that are dedicated to research, artists not only bring certain topics, issues, and ideas to our attention using visual means;
in the best case they simultaneously examine the possibilities and alternatives offered by their own actions. Research thus
becomes inseparable from the art object as the boundaries between the work and methods are erased.
The exhibition and|or—but, yeah* at the University of Applied Arts Vienna explores aesthetic fields of action that not only
constantly reflect on and revise their own materials, forms, and media, but whose speculative approach itself becomes an object
of investigation and representation. “The aim of the research is neither to capture reality graphically nor to describe it
linguistically, neither to check previous hypotheses nor to follow up on preliminary questions or document processes. Instead,
it seeks to be identical with practice and by revising, circumventing, and treating that practice to activate implicit knowledge
and generate new findings [...] – research conducted on one’s own behalf that provides information through its execution.”*
In the exhibition and|or—but, yeah* aesthetic practice is thus understood as a form of knowledge that not only describes and/or
visualizes reality but also shapes it.
*Seitz, Hanne: “Performative Research”, in: Kulturelle Bildung Online,
https://www.kubi-online.de/artikel/performative-research
(accessed 15 August 2018)
Artists
Nicoleta Auersperg, Oscar Cueto, Kyungrim Jang, Jakob Kirchweger, Mara Novak,
Asher O'Gorman / Anne-Clara Stahl, Lola Pfeifer, David Reiner, Huda Takriti, Ayşe-Gül Yüceil
Opening
October
19, 2018, 6 pm
Welcome by Stephan Hilge
Introduction by Franz Thalmair
Exhibition
October 22–24,
2018
Open House
October 24, 2018, 10 am–6 pm
Flux2 | University of Applied Arts Vienna
TransArts
– Transdisciplinary Art
Vordere Zollamtsstraße 7
1030 Vienna
Austria
Opening hours
October
22–24, 2018, 10 am–6 pm
An exhibition of Kunstraum Lakeside in cooperation with
University of Applied Arts
Vienna
TransArts – Transdisciplinary Art
www.transarts.at
