Odradek
In Vibrant Matter Jane Bennet mentions Kafka’s character Odradek, a thing-cum-person. I made a search of this and found Walter Benjamin has written as essay on this (Would love to read this at some point), and there was a show in Malmo called ‘odradek’ with some interesting artists, particularly Hassan Sharif, whose works remind me of some of the packaging pieces I have made. This seems to be linked to a time and place too, as my packaging is specific to a time. It actually looks like I referenced this in making my work!
Thinking about how I could 1. Frame my work (under a heading or concept) 2. Present the work
Since I make so much, and so much of it feels important, and that all the parts make up a whole, I am not making towards a final outcome, just many outcomes, as I discovered last year in the Incompletes. Perhaps I am an Incompletist, or maybe an Ideaist - I have so many ideas and together they make up one large idea?
Ricardo Brey
Ricardo Brey
This is nice, idea wise, but they just appear quite sterile and deathly to me.
Every life is a fire - Ricardo Brey, (2009-15) for Venice Bienale 2015 All the world’s futures.
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