306 - The Search for Participation in Contemporary Art

Apologies for the audio quality. In this lecture, I take you through contemporary art history and its desperate search for a proper means of participation in a desacralized world. This talk is a follow-up to a previous video I did, The End of Desacralization in Art. This time I want to explore with you some specifics on how contemporary art has to confront alienation, power dynamics, and the minimization of yet yearning for ritual, participation, and community. This lecture follows up on a previous video lecture I posted, The End of Desacralization in Art: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WYh20sYBsQ&t=813s YouTube version (important to see images): https://youtu.be/EWc7TKm9jho Timestamps: 0:00 - Preview 0:59 - Intro music 1:24 - Introduction 2:27 - The pendulum swing of deincarnation 3:12 - Brancusi: Find the essence 5:41 - More examples: Kandinsky and Mondrian 8:59 - Opposites attract: Idealism and constructivism 12:38 - Alienation of the art object 17:53 - One extreme calls the other 19:10 - Remember participation 21:12 - Marina Abramovic 28:56 - Resembling rituals 31:55 - Eating as ritual participation 36:37 - Joseph Beuys: Atonement 43:51 - Anselm Kiefer: The weight of history 47:02 - Trapped in the art world 50:55 - Hope 💻 Website and blog: http:-www.thesymbolicworld.com 🔗 Linktree: https:-linktr.ee/jonathanpageau 🗣 Join The Symbolic World Community for discussions about symbolism: https:-thesymbolicworld.com/subscribe 🔒 BECOME A PATRON Website: https:-thesymbolicworld.com/subscribe Patreon: http:-www.patreon.com/pageauvideos 📱 SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook: http:-www.facebook.com/TheSymbolicWorld Twitter: http:-www.twitter.com/pageaujonathan Instagram: https:-www.instagram.com/jonathan.pageau Our website designers: https:-www.resonancehq.io/ My intro was arranged and recorded by Matthew Wilkinson.