NOWs: Philosophy of Language, translated by Rodrigo Maltez Novaes

10 June 2016 / Nows

Exploring language from an ontological perspective.

In 1963 Vilém Flusser presented a series of lectures at the Brazilian Institute of Philosophy (IBF) in São Paulo concerning the philosophy of language. The resulting ten essays would eventually be published in 1965 in the annual magazine of the Brazilian Institute of Technology and Aeronautics (ITA), and published here for the first time in book form. Flusser prepared each lecture as a response to the dialogs that followed the preceding lecture, thereby expanding and explicating his philosophy of language in an intense dialogical process. Despite the fact that the other side of the dialogue was not recorded, it becomes clear to the reader that the resulting discussions and polemics generated by the lectures progressively and profoundly changed Flusser’s intended trajectory for the course. This kind of philosophy in fieri was in part the result of a group effort between all of those present, and subsequently synthesized by Flusser in every essay. As a result of this experience, Flusser adopted this dialogic method as an integral part of his future work.

Vilém Flusser (1920–1991) is increasingly recognized as one of the most influential thinkers of digital and global culture.

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Philosophy of Language
by Vilém Flusser
foreword by Sean Cubitt
translated by Rodrigo Maltez Novaes

Rodrigo Maltez Novaes is an artist, translator, editor and designer. He has translated and published several titles by the philosopher Vilém Flusser including Natural:Mind, Post-History, and most recently Immaterial Culture.
The publication is availble from Univocal Publishing.

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NOWs: Lp/’16 with Thilo Frank, Tomás Saraceno, Michael Sailstorfer, Björn Dahlem, Elín Hansdóttir, and others

11 June - 22 September 2016 / Nows ⟶

NOWs: Lichtparcours Braunschweig 2016 presents current works throughout the city and on the premises of the Port of Braunschweig-Veltenhof. In this fourth edition of the exhibition format, the focus will be on new artistic productions. After exploring the urban landscape, the artists developed concepts for site-specific works, each applying different strategies of intervention for public locations. Considerations for the periodic transformations in natural lighting throughout an entire day, constitute vital points of reference: For the first time, there will be a focus on works whose interplay with the surroundings can be experienced during all 24 hours of the day. Visitors will be offered the possibility of returning to the sites, again and again, at any time, to experience the works in new ways at different times of the day. Thilo Frank: You and I, wandering on the snake’s tail, 2016 With works by Andreas Fischer, Thilo Frank, Tomás Saraceno, Kevin Schmidt, Alfredo Jaar, Kai Schiemenz, Michael Sailstorfer, Tobias Rehberger, Danica Dakić, Björn Dahlem, Elín Hansdóttir, Studio Drift, Yvonne Goulbierm Fabrizio Plessi, Mark Dion. Lichtparcours artworks can be visited individually and independent of opening hours, around the clock. Please find a map here. — Thilo Frank: You and I, wandering on the snake’s tail 2016 Temporary Public Installation / Ø 10m H 3.5m / Wood, stainless steel wire, zinc coated steel, aluminum, sensor controlled light-system A weave of 44 wooden beams encompass a circular path. As if suspended, they rotate around a ring-formed central axis, leaving the impression of an unobstructed, and simultaneously, tunnel-like space—a walk-in lattice of flowing lines: reminiscent of a helical body, generating shimmering moiré effects. As the visitor moves through the installation, the sun “draws” constantly varying patterns of light and shadow, and with its changing positions, also determines the shape and dimension of the work. At night, the effect of shadow and the perception of the pavilion is inverted by a light source at the center: fields of light and shadow are uniformly mapped onto the surrounding exterior. In the braid of beams—this entanglement of space, light and time— You and I, wandering on the snake’s tail is an experiential space reflecting the times of the day. — Elín Hansdóttir: Cast 2016 With Cast, Elín Hansdóttir creates a walk-in space, which acts like a filter for the lights from the street of passing cars, trucks and trams. Through vertical slots, light penetrates into the inside of the room and throws ephemeral patterns onto the walls and floors. Exterior movements are hereby converted into momentary fields of flickering light and colour, whose appearance and disappearance occur as a direct reaction to the ever-changing outside world. The experience of the sensual quality of light in an intimate space is intensified by the concentration of just a few rays. Thus, the space offers itself to the recipient, not as an objective “other,” but as a point of initiation for body-bound perception—a relational system, constituting and modifying itself again and again, in transitory exchange with the beholder. — more NOWs: Lichtparcours Braunschweig 2016 presents current works throughout the city and on the premises of the Port of Braunschweig-Veltenhof. In this fourth edition of the exhibition format, the focus will be on new artistic productions. After exploring the urban landscape, the artists developed concepts for site-specific works, each applying different strategies of intervention for public locations. Considerations for the periodic transformations in natural lighting throughout an entire day, constitute vital points of reference: For the first time, there will be a focus on works whose interplay with the surroundings can be experienced during all 24 hours of the day. Visitors will be offered the possibility of returning to the sites, again and again, at any time, to experience the works in new ways at different times of the day. Thilo Frank: You and I, wandering on the snake’s tail, 2016 With works by Andreas Fischer, Thilo Frank, Tomás Saraceno, Kevin Schmidt, Alfredo Jaar, Kai Schiemenz, Michael Sailstorfer, Tobias Rehberger, Danica Dakić, Björn Dahlem, Elín Hansdóttir, Studio Drift, Yvonne Goulbierm Fabrizio Plessi, Mark Dion. Lichtparcours artworks can be visited individually and independent of opening hours, around the clock. Please find a map here. — Thilo Frank: You and I, wandering on the snake’s tail 2016 Temporary Public Installation / Ø 10m H 3.5m / Wood, stainless steel wire, zinc coated steel, aluminum, sensor controlled light-system A weave of 44 wooden beams encompass a circular path. As if suspended, they rotate around a ring-formed central axis, leaving the impression of an unobstructed, and simultaneously, tunnel-like space—a walk-in lattice of flowing lines: reminiscent of a helical body, generating shimmering moiré effects. As the visitor moves through the installation, the sun “draws” constantly varying patterns of light and shadow, and with its changing positions, also determines the shape and dimension of the work. At night, the effect of shadow and the perception of the pavilion is inverted by a light source at the center: fields of light and shadow are uniformly mapped onto the surrounding exterior. In the braid of beams—this entanglement of space, light and time— You and I, wandering on the snake’s tail is an experiential space reflecting the times of the day. — Elín Hansdóttir: Cast 2016 With Cast, Elín Hansdóttir creates a walk-in space, which acts like a filter for the lights from the street of passing cars, trucks and trams. Through vertical slots, light penetrates into the inside of the room and throws ephemeral patterns onto the walls and floors. Exterior movements are hereby converted into momentary fields of flickering light and colour, whose appearance and disappearance occur as a direct reaction to the ever-changing outside world. The experience of the sensual quality of light in an intimate space is intensified by the concentration of just a few rays. Thus, the space offers itself to the recipient, not as an objective “other,” but as a point of initiation for body-bound perception—a relational system, constituting and modifying itself again and again, in transitory exchange with the beholder. — more

NOWs: Corpo Velato by Rafael Ibarra

09 June - 27 August 2016 / Nows ⟶

NOWs: Rafael Ibarra: Corpo Velato, zeitbasierte Skulptur, 2016. On the occasion of the first anniversary of the Kunsthaus Dahlem in Berlin Rafael Ibarra created a piece inspired by the aesthetics of the Italian baroque sculpture. The artist describes the sculpture performance: ” I covered a human body placed on a table with cloth. I see the white cloth as a layer of uniformity and clarity; it resembles marble and has two main effects on the piece. It erases and veils some information and in doing so it allows other elements to appear. Color, texture and the person as such were covered to enhance form, volume and create another type of physical presence. Only breathing reveals it’s a living being.” The “one hour sculpture” creates a dialogue with the surrounding pieces made out of long lasting materials such as stone, granite, marble and bronze, all part of the postwar exhibition of the museum. The building was erected during the Nazi regime to be the studio of the artist Arno Brecker. After the war it was the studio of renowned postwar artist Bernhard Heiliger. Both Arno Breker and Bernhard Heiliger were Professors at the Berlin University of the Arts. Rafael Ibarra presents his new performance sculpure Corpo Velato at Kunsthaus Dahlem on Thursday, 9 June 2016 at 6 pm and Saturday, 27 August 2016 at 8 pm during the Long Night of Museums. NOWs: Rafael Ibarra: Corpo Velato, zeitbasierte Skulptur, 2016. On the occasion of the first anniversary of the Kunsthaus Dahlem in Berlin Rafael Ibarra created a piece inspired by the aesthetics of the Italian baroque sculpture. The artist describes the sculpture performance: ” I covered a human body placed on a table with cloth. I see the white cloth as a layer of uniformity and clarity; it resembles marble and has two main effects on the piece. It erases and veils some information and in doing so it allows other elements to appear. Color, texture and the person as such were covered to enhance form, volume and create another type of physical presence. Only breathing reveals it’s a living being.” The “one hour sculpture” creates a dialogue with the surrounding pieces made out of long lasting materials such as stone, granite, marble and bronze, all part of the postwar exhibition of the museum. The building was erected during the Nazi regime to be the studio of the artist Arno Brecker. After the war it was the studio of renowned postwar artist Bernhard Heiliger. Both Arno Breker and Bernhard Heiliger were Professors at the Berlin University of the Arts. Rafael Ibarra presents his new performance sculpure Corpo Velato at Kunsthaus Dahlem on Thursday, 9 June 2016 at 6 pm and Saturday, 27 August 2016 at 8 pm during the Long Night of Museums.

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