a very private hell

Heiner Müller :

Living in the mirror.
The killer is on vacation.
The victim/dead is on vacation as well.

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!!! atopia !!! by Helmut Willke

atopia is a real theme for the study of locative media!
German sociologist Helmut Willke analyzes the ongoing shaping of societies in the globalized context. Drawing on Niklas Luhmann’s system theory, Willke groups his reflexions around the concepts of ‘atopia’, ‘dystopia’ and ‘heterotopia’ .

«cinéma exposé» : the deconstruction the cinema_ Chantal Akerman

She deconstructed the cinema and let us reconstruct it in the exhibition.
well, the truth is that her cinema more often show in the contemporary art exhibition than cinema theater. I post this subject for make my last post « when art look at everywhere. I. cinema.» complete about Chantal Akerman.

“A Voice in the Desert”, 2002

When Art expands

I have visited a theater project of St. Gervais last Sunday following a press invitation to a presentation of Sturmfrei ( This is a funny German word. Sturmfrei means : Home Alone () Parent-free weekend. I’m free! In Chinese : 大人週末不在家，小子萬歲! ). « Stations Urbaines » is a project of Sturmfrei, and this is a very special and very different from a traditional theater project. It reminds me of expanded cinema (named by Gene Youngblood in 1970) or post-cinema. I can’t wait to say that « Stations Urbaines »#1 will be a « théâtre exposé». It’s so fun to discover so many common points between contemporary arts. I expect to see it!

When Art looks at everywhere.

I. Cinema.

Art looks at cinema, dance, theater … but they also look at art and themselves, too. For example, Chantal Akerman is an independent cinema director who has showed her genius cinematographic installation «De l’autre côté » at Centre Pompidou. Before talking about « Stations Urbaines », I think that « When Art looks at Cinema » is really a good explication to show a common attitude of contemporary artists.
Between arts, there is a remix situation in using self destruction to break the traditional frontier.

« When Art looks at Cinema »

copyright 2005 Melik Ohanian, Invisible Film
Courtesy Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris/Yvon Lambert Gallery, New York, Photo copyright Melik Ohanian

where did participatory event come from?

According to Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki, Zen insists on enlightenning from individuality and subjectivity.

I think that there is a difference in approach but equally satisfactory in result with the spectator’s participation in artistic creation.

Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki is John Cage’s teacher. And John give his deep influence to Allen Kaprow who is the father of the “Happening”. Happening consist in the participation of the spectators to the event.
Then this form of participation becomes the request of interaction with the art work, so many dicourses of interactive art works are based on this idea.

Do these creations, who look for the form of participation, based on the experience of individuality and subjectivity, provide the way for Zen in art ?

根據鈴木大拙的說法，禪強調個體性與主觀性的體悟。
跟觀眾參與這檔事，我認為有那麼一點異曲同工之妙…

然而事實上，雞還是從雞蛋出來的。