Akademie Talk: Real Conditions
What does “real” mean in art? What tools, means and ways of thinking characterise artistic work? The Akademie Talk “Real conditions” asks how artists perceive their surroundings and translate them into form, proportion, and composition.
What does it mean in art to be “factual” in a particular way? The word “real”, derived from the Latin res, “thing”, leads to the realisms the arts concern themselves with – social, economic, and political readings, though not only these. Artists track down phenomena, reveal manifestations and create events that can be organised and combined in a web of “factual” relationships.
From the perspective of different artistic disciplines, we will discuss how real relationships shape not only artistic work, but also our perception of the world. The participating Akademie members will bring along artistic contributions.
With:
Carola Bauckholt, composer and Director of the Music Section
Klemens Gruber, Professor for Intermediality at the Department of Theatre, Film and Media Studies, University of Vienna
Johanna M. Keller, Programme Officer at the Akademie der Künste
Helke Misselwitz, film director and Director of the Film and Media Art Section
Cécile Wajsbrot, writer and Deputy Director of the Literature Section
Welcome: Manos Tsangaris, President of the Akademie der Künste and composer
Moderation: Manos Tsangaris and Anh-Linh Ngo, Vice-President and architectural publicist
Artistic contributions (among others):
Carola Bauckholt: In gewohnter Umgebung III for cello, piano and video, duration: about 10 min
Interpreters: Caspar Johannes Walter (cello) and Małgorzata Walentynowicz (piano)
Cécile Wajsbrot reads from: Oratorium
- Es ist Nacht.
- Aprilnacht.
- Frühling.
- Das Mittelmeer.
- Das Ferienmeer, ruhig und gezeitenlos.
- Ohne Ebbe, ohne Flut.
- In dieser Nacht wie in anderen zeichnen sich auf der schwarzen Fläche bewegliche Formen ab, die dem Wellengang folgen.
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