Publisher Note english german
In “The Open Work” (1962) Umberto Eco sees the origin of the unfinished work in Baroque, that this indefinable period “marks the advent of a new scientific awareness as the tactile is replaced by the virtual,” and that subjectivity – the work’s “openness” – would prevail. Eco believes that this was when the world was in motion, transforming, where individual creativity was called on for interpretation. Diana Sirianni connects this to our present day, as Baroque’s space is torn down, split, cut and pasted onto the exhibition space. Familiar elements are remixed to disarticulate our understanding, presenting an anarchistic attitude; rejecting order to redefine reality. Structures are purposefully shuffled and persistently changed, creating another indefinable space with each viewer’s movements through the room. Like Diana Sirianni’s practice, “Neubarock” presents different layers, interpretations, and arrangements for the reader.
“Sirianni’s collages feature digital images that have become handcrafted, tangible image-objects, which in turn construct new spaces. They thereby prompt substantial questions about the relation between 2-dimensionality and 3-dimensionality, reality and reproduction, memory and live experience. What might occur when an abstract, 2D design, with its digital images, moves from the computer screen to a materially palpable 3D construction in an exhibition space? And to what extent can a construction made up of reproduced image material unfold in a real space?” (Nina Mende)
“Neubarock” was developed for the workshop “Collage as an Attitude” at the Universität der Kunste Berlin, 2015–16.
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Release Place | Berlin, Germany |
Release Date | 2018 |
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978-3-942700-85-6
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Original Price | 25.00 |
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Format | Hardcover |
Dimensions | 22.5 × 31.0 cm |
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Pages | 98 |