{"id":1730,"date":"2018-01-22T11:34:46","date_gmt":"2018-01-22T11:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsaopps\/?p=1730"},"modified":"2018-01-23T10:39:09","modified_gmt":"2018-01-23T10:39:09","slug":"call-for-participation-selfother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsaopps\/call-for-participation-selfother\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Participation – Self\/Other"},"content":{"rendered":"

Call for Participation<\/strong><\/p>\n

Artists who explore the relationship between the Self and the Other are\u00a0invited to respond with images and short positional statements for\u00a0publication. This call is addressed as much to practitioners in Performance\u00a0Art as for Visual Artists.<\/p>\n

Since the Renaissance the purpose of Art has moved more to the individual\u00a0and the personal together with its intention. In practice however this\u00a0purpose and intention may be perturbed, perhaps when the meaning of the\u00a0artwork is unclear, when the results are in conflict with an inner\u00a0visualisation or when the artist loses in some sense of struggle with the\u00a0effort of creation. At these points in development the Artist may feel not\u00a0alone with the artwork and a sensation of Otherness, alterity may be\u00a0noticed.<\/p>\n

Self and Identity have become major themes of our connected lives. The\u00a0heroic stance of the Artist is to be demonstrated by feats of daring-do and\u00a0self-doubt can seem an unwanted diversion. It becomes easier to associate\u00a0with like-minded people. We build \u00b3bubbles\u00b2 of comfort and only sometimes\u00a0manage to discern the difference between ourselves and other people. The\u00a0bubble remains intact; wars, elections, referenda rattle our security but\u00a0for many life continues as before.<\/p>\n

Engagement with the Other can be a significant step in the development\u00a0process. As artists, we need to reach further than most. We need to approach\u00a0the Otherness of the outside world with more generosity. To accept that\u00a0possibly we cannot answer questions about selfhood without a recognition\u00a0that the differences between people, experienced as alienation and\u00a0separation, are unreal : following Paul Ricoeur and his work \u00b3Oneself as\u00a0Another\u00b2, we must accept that we have too much Otherness within ourselves.\u00a0This call is to reach out to you as an artist with this shared interest and\u00a0to join with me in a community of shared research. I found this line of\u00a0research beginning with the cast shadow of the self and through exploring\u00a0its independent, isolated and wayward behaviour. I have previously made a\u00a0short monograph \u00b3Shadow:Other:myself\u00b2 (ISBN 978-1977535535, preview\u00a0https:\/\/goo.gl\/TC6DqV )<\/p>\n

To take this goal of community building further my contribution is to make a\u00a0limited edition, hardback book of your contributions. The book will feature\u00a020 (approx. ) artists with images and facing text. In the first instance,\u00a0two copies will be gifted to each selected participant. This is intended as\u00a0a directory for this group, to help you extend your networks. We can then\u00a0discuss our next steps which might include a curated show\/performance or a\u00a0mainstream publication.<\/p>\n

Initially, send an image and an account (200 words) to describe your Self\u00b9s\u00a0response to the Other with a URL for other relevant work. The artist must\u00a0confirm that they own copyright in the image and text. Please also say how you found this call.<\/p>\n

On progress the selected image must be available in hi-res (3000 x 3000\u00a0pixels) — the artist will at all times retain control of copyright both of\u00a0image and text. As editor I can help you with any translation from your own\u00a0words, the text of the book will be published in English.<\/p>\n

Deadline 31\/03\/2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

Keywords:<\/strong> alterity, Art, book, intersubjectivity, ipseity, Publication<\/p>\n

Email: aldobranti@gmail.com<\/p>\n

Web: http:\/\/aldobranti.eu\/<\/p>\n

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