Aesthetics of Ambiguity
Subtitle: Understanding and Addressing Monoculture
Publisher: Valiz; Valiz/Antennae-Arts in Society Series
Published: 2020
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9789492095763
Description: In today's globalised world, terms such as multiculturalism and pluralism assume a shared culture with shared values and convictions about openness, democracy, and equality. This in turn can be seen as a monoculture of views and attitudes. Yet being able to deal with differences, paradoxes, and ambiguities results from a learning process and does not just happen on its own. Art has played a pivotal role in this process since the dawn of modernity, and artists in particular have the ability to play with cultural conventions. This book gives a platform to art and artists who dare to challenge the rules of our globalised, monocultural society, and explores their successes and failures.