The Aesthetics of Change: On the Relative Durations of the Impermanent

Hölling, Hanna Barbara (2015). The Aesthetics of Change: On the Relative Durations of the Impermanent In: Hermens, Emma; Robertson, Frances (eds.) Authenticity in Transition (pp. 13-24). London: Archetype Publications

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Can we conceive of artworks in terms of their temporal duration – as events, performances and processes? Can artworks, including the recent portion of artistic production as well as traditional artworks, be rethought in terms of time and their intrinsic temporalities? Why and how would it matter for their conservation? This paper offers an opportunity to rethink traditional paradigms of conservation and art theory that regard objects as fixed and static entities. It proposes letting go of the belief in the apparent stability of objects that for too long has offered a skewed message by isolating the negative qualities of change. The kind of thinking in the expanded field of curation and conservation presented here fosters the acknowledgement of changeability and impermanence of these media as a condition of possibility for their survival.

Item Type:	Book Section (Book Chapter)
Division/Institute:	Bern Academy of the Arts Bern Academy of the Arts > Institute Materiality in Art and Culture Bern Academy of the Arts > Institute Materiality in Art and Culture > Contemporary Art and Media
Name:	Hölling, Hanna Barbara0000-0002-3063-4405; Hermens, Emma and Robertson, Frances
Subjects:	A General Works > AM Museums (General). Collectors and collecting (General) N Fine Arts > N Visual arts (General) For photography, see TR N Fine Arts > NX Arts in general T Technology > T Technology (General)
ISBN:	9781909492363
Publisher:	Archetype Publications
Language:	English
Submitter:	Hanna Barbara Hölling
Date Deposited:	15 Sep 2023 09:03
Last Modified:	15 Sep 2023 09:03
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Uncontrolled Keywords:	Authenticity, transition, media, film, moving image, changeability, conservation
ARBOR DOI:	10.24451/arbor.19878
URI:	https://arbor.bfh.ch/id/eprint/19878