VISUAL_SCEPTICISM
Financiado
Visual Scepticism. Towards an Aesthetic of Doubt
"In early summer 2020, numerous monuments around the world were demolished after the death of George Floyd. The iconoclastic acts raise the pressing question of how this historical legacy should be dealt with. In a publication of...
"In early summer 2020, numerous monuments around the world were demolished after the death of George Floyd. The iconoclastic acts raise the pressing question of how this historical legacy should be dealt with. In a publication of the same name, Norbert Huse, a conservator of cultural heritage, spoke of ""uncomfortable monuments"" in this context. Since monuments of fascism and colonialism in particular also express the inhuman ideology of the regimes aesthetically, the frequently chosen solution of placing an information board next to the monument is not convincing, since in this way the effectiveness of this rhetoric in public space remains unchallenged. With the concept of ""visual scepticism"", the project proposes a different approach to these monuments. The monuments are to be aesthetically re-framed without completely erasing them from historical memory.
The project therefore pursues three goals:
Firstly, the concept of ""visual skepticism"" is to be explored to fundamentally examine whether and how visual media are capable of calling themselves into doubt. How do they succeed in generating insight with the help of inner contradictions. The thesis is that this form of knowledge production takes place on a purely visual level. It will be analysed how images can generate inner tensions and operate with dialogical structures that release knowledge.
Secondly, monuments of colonialism will be examined in order to find out how this memory becomes effective for the public not only in terms of content but also aesthetically. This aesthetic appeal to the viewer's experience of space and his or her bodily senses will be analysed in detail.
Thirdly, monuments that have been successfully re-framed will be discussed to show how artistic interventions have found aesthetic answers to inhuman ideologies.
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Duración del proyecto: 64 meses
Fecha Inicio: 2021-06-28
Fecha Fin: 2026-10-31
Fecha Fin: 2026-10-31
Línea de financiación: concedida
El organismo H2020 notifico la concesión del proyecto el día 2021-06-28
Línea de financiación objetivo
El proyecto se financió a través de la siguiente ayuda:
ERC-2020-ADG:
ERC ADVANCED GRANT
Cerrada
hace 4 años
Presupuesto
El presupuesto total del proyecto asciende a
2M€
Líder del proyecto
UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG
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Perfil tecnológico
TRL
4-5
Perfil tecnológico
TRL
4-5
283.38K€ |
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