not really think there is a problem with it. After all the history of art is a history of
new artists who were usually booed and mocked by old artists.
If the very act of curating has become a creative venture in itself, I don’t really mind.
If one looks at it, this very the new art, it is a collage or an assemblage of
components with a much focused objective. The objective is public visibility. This
obviously sounds similar to the old art except “public visibility” is different from the
need to be seen for a particular artwork. Public visibility here, refers to the
professional buzzword of the public relations realm and refers to be “covered” by
the media.
Although poetic and self-referential, as many of the old artists, the new artist also
has to be organized and pragmatic. For the particular artwork he produces is not
simply an installation but a production that requires working on the logistics,
fundraising and the entire PR issues relevant to fundraising.
As a working artist I have to say that right around here, the new art starts to become
a bit boring. As Tom Morton puts it despite the foregrounding of “star” curators in
innumerable biennale press releases the profession at times is still closer to the
advertising copywriter who claims to work in “creative industries” than to the
novelist who is simply and unapologetically a novelist.
Having spent long hours with many curators, I always expected to talk about art and
artworks, instead the unending conversations tended to be about what coverage an
exhibition received in which journal and about which foundation gave which grant to
SESSION 3 / 3. OTURUM / ERDA⁄ AKSEL 91
Küratörlük yapma eylemi, kendi içinde yarat›c› bir giriflim haline gelmiflse, bunu pek
de umursamam.
Dikkatlice bakt›currency1›n›zda yeni sanat, oldukça odaklanm›fl bir hedefe sahip bileflenlerin
kolaj› ya da toplamas›d›r. Hedef genel görünürlüktür. Bu aç›kça kulacurrency1a eski sanata
benzer gelmektedir ancak tek bir farkla, “genel görünürlük” belirli bir sanat
yap›t›n›n görülme gereksiniminden farkl›d›r. Buradaki genel görünürlük ifadesi,
halkla iliflkiler dünyas›n›n terimini ve medya taraf›ndan “kapsanmay›”
kastetmektedir.
Eski sanatç›lar›n bir çocurrency1u gibi fliirsel ve öz göndergesel olsa da, yeni sanatç›, ayn›
zamanda organize ve pragmatik olmal›d›r. Çünkü, üretticurrency1i özgün sanat yap›t›, sadece
bir yerlefltirme decurrency1il, lojistik, finansman ve buna iliflkin tüm halkla iliflkiler konular›
üzerinde çal›flmay› gerektiren bir üretimdir.
Çal›flan bir sanatç› olarak flunu söylemeliyim ki, tam buralarda bir yerde yeni sanat
bir ölçüde s›k›c› olmaya bafllar. Tom Morton’un dedicurrency1i gibi, say›ca birçok bienalin
bas›n bildirisinde “y›ld›z” küratörlerin ön plana ç›kmas›na karfl›n bu meslek, zaman
zaman yine de sadece basitçe ve özürsüzce romanc› olan bir romanc›dansa, “yarat›c›
endüstriler”de çal›flt›currency1›n› iddia eden reklam metni yazar›na daha yak›nd›r.
Bir çok küratörle uzun saatler geçirmifl biri olarak her zaman; bir serginin flu veya
bu dergideki yay›nlanma s›kl›currency1›, hangi vakf›n hangi ödenecurrency1i kime ne miktarda verdicurrency1i
üzerine bitmeyen sohbetler yerine, sanat ve sanat yap›tlar› hakk›nda konuflmalar
yapmay› ummuflumdur. Bu, yeni sanatç›lar aras›ndaki güncel konu olabilir ama itiraf
etmeliyim ki, benim gibi eski bir sanatç› için bu tür bir sohbet, bir kaç saat sonra
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76 |
Page 77 |
Page 78 |
Page 79 |
Page 80 |
Page 81 |
Page 82 |
Page 83 |
Page 84 |
Page 85 |
Page 86 |
Page 87 |
Page 88 |
Page 89 |
Page 90 |
Page 91 |
Page 92 |
Page 93 |
Page 94 |
Page 95 |
Page 96 |
Page 97 |
Page 98 |
Page 99 |
Page 100 |
Page 101 |
Page 102 |
Page 103 |
Page 104 |
Page 105 |
Page 106 |
Page 107 |
Page 108 |
Page 109 |
Page 110 |
Page 111 |
Page 112 |
Page 113 |
Page 114 |
Page 115 |
Page 116 |
Page 117 |
Page 118 |
Page 119