Autocritique. Writer and artist in gallery space with projections of writing in progress juxtaposed with work in progress. Ongoing critique (posted on twitter and facebook) as autocorrection: examine relationship between artistic production and art writing. Hidden artist, visible critic. Vito Acconci "Seedbed".
Participatory diagram of the visual arts scene as a field of power. Educational tool for art learners and students. "Dangerous mystique". Field literacy.
How to operate authentically as an artist?
The gallerist as art director. The path to becoming shown and being commoditised (conceptual ability criteria, prolific). Writing writers into the space. Grooming.
Art student (academic/professional legitimation)> prizes (corporate legitimation)> approached by gallerist (commercial legitimation) > major exhibition spaces (public legitimation) > criticism > (critical legitimation) > sales (commercial legitimation) = artistic brand = position in the field of cultural production. What criteria are employed in the movement from one sphere of legitimation to the next?
Manufacturing an "impossible gallery", in miniature and in virtual. Invent artists, conceptual frameworks, gallery location, profile, brand etc, criticism. Duchamp's "
Boîte-en-valise".
The longest South African linocut. Soundwave.
