On the precariousness of the precarious/On the idea os transcendence and the work of Art/ On the idea of aesthetic autonomy /On the idea of the frustrated Multitasker
Today I am writing about a set of ideas I consider important to consider. The first one is that systems are predictable as far as they remain conceptual (manmade), and if you wish to succeed you have to no loner pose your sight in the short-terminism of achievement, but to look-make use of the manual. This is; systems are defined and therefore to be learnt, not necessarily discerned. Once a system is learnt, it can be challenged (understood) whiting its social and material constrains. That is nevertheless, a step ahead.
Not abiding to the system means that the system will not allow you to enter, since it can't relate to your logic, or your ability to discern out of itself. Failure can be read as structural rather than personal. And although this is a gross simplification, it should be observed that life systems do contemplate flexibility, contingency, etc. These spaces of shredded fabric allow for the multiple existence of components that constitute inadequacies in relation to a given system. Interestingly enough because the system favours neat components (those which follow the logic of the system) it pours more resources to the abiding components. Therefore this complex works toward its own consolidation. The more resistance some parts offer, the more they get neglected, for they offer no benefit (clogging). This means that precariousness, is a sign of disintegration. Is the precariousness of the precarious.
Arguably, living systems fight for their survival, and the betterment of the conditions of their survival (or towards what they perceive to be betterment). Hoping to address this condition means that they have to work towards and with the tools that can provide betterment. If these tools are embedded in a complex system (like a social system) with a set of rules and hierarchies, the living systems may want to act with the flow (follow the system, like fish) or by resisting these system (beaver dam). But resistance sounds reactionary, and creativity, our ability to associate different elements, can be used in being propositional, this is, progressive. This means that we can be subversive when it comes to the tools (an arm to create warming fire), or the associations (a corporation to produce social progress) etc. Why subversive? Because the river we navigate is not natural, it doesn't precede us, is more and more regimented and regulated by us; its become a canal. If the layman calls it a river, it is because he has never swam sideways and realised there are concrete walls retaining the water...the water that sHe hierself has to ingest! sHe has been forbidden of hiers own amphibian condition! This frustration can be projected onto the imaginary, where change and thought become symbolic rather than real. This is the realm of art, where change can be represented but nor produced. It can be evoked but not performed. It lives in the imaginary, and as powerful as that might sound, not always has the ability to break the cage.
But Art is an altogether different topic. Art has the ability to transcend many aspects of that what we call Reality. And we should remain careful, and incredulous towards its ability to produce change. One of the reasons being the power of the aesthetic in decontextualising the art object, that is, of removing any sort of connections beyond the gallery, and alienating the work from its very meaning, and still offer an experience that we might call phenomenological; a space of pure sensation. This would be conflicting in as much as the piece is hoping for Real change. This is both one of the strengths and weaknesses of the work of art; it can embrace multiplicity and therefore personal inquiry, but also appropriation, disconnection, and dislocation. This quality makes for its transcendence, as it can still stimulate the beholder with its purely aesthetic qualities, which might or might not remain enticing at the time of contact. This is therefore a form of Autonomy.
Claiming to be a frustrated multitasked means that Reality can be quite dizzying, for it might make not much sense, and uncertainty can be the only light to follow. If you are looking in all directions, performing tasks that lead to empty glooms, you have joined the class of the frustrated multitasker.
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