Lorem Ipsum Dolor sit Amet
By: editor and curator, Franz Thalmair ; texts, Michalis Pichler, Oliver Ruf, Franz Thalmair ; translation, Peter Blackeney & Christine Schöffler
Contributors: Akademie der Künste (Berlin, Germany)
Publisher: Revolver Publishing
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Berlin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9783957633453
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Writing in art; Exhibitions; Modern Art
Other titles: Possible content for 18 pages ;
Description: "Lorem Ipsum Dolor Sit Amet" is the third in a series of exhibitions and publication based on a wide-reaching research about writing with the title "Possible Content for 18 Pages". The original typewritten manuscript of Vilém Flusser's essay "The Gesture of Writing" provides the thematic and formal-aesthetic foundation for reflecting the act of writing at the intersection of linguistic, visual, physical and spatial communication. "To write," says the philosopher about the basic requirements that should lead to a complete piece of writing, we need "a blank surface, for instance a white leaf of paper; an instrument which contains a matter that contrasts with the whiteness of the paper; the letters of the alphabet; the convention which gives a meaning to the letters; 'orthography' = correct writing; the rules which order that language, what is called 'grammar'; an idea to be expressed in a language; and a motive to express that idea". Understanding the act of writing as a culturally embedded gesture, "Lorem Ipsum Dolor Sit Amet" covers artistic, literary, as well as curatorial and editorial fields of action and combines them. The book is published on the occasion of the eponymous performance by Lois Bartel at the Akademie der Künste in Berlin (June 11, 2016) and contains a curatorial-editorial statement by Franz Thalmair. Furthermore, the artist Michalis Pichler and the professor for media theory and aesthetics Oliver Ruf situate the publication in an actual context of literature and criticism. The participating visual artists expand the topic of the research with artistic contributions especially made for "Lorem Ipsum Dolor Sit Amet". (Curated and edited by Franz Thalmair).
Notes: Contains no title page, title from colophon.

Documentation of the performance "Lorem Ipsum Dolor sit Amet (Reading space)", which took place on the occasion of the "Conceptual Poetics Day at Miss Read: The Berlin Art Book Fair" on June 11, 2016.
Table of contents: title: Possible content for 18 pages / curated and edited by Franz Thalmair; title: Statements on appropriation (London version) / Michalis Pichler; title: The digital scene of writing / Oliver Ruf.