Fourteenth International Conference on the Arts in Society

Abstract

This proposal aims to be a debate and a reflection on art as experience of environment. From the imaginary of Dada and Land Art to the practice of walking as a way of aesthetic knowledge, this work will focus on the modern ruins and their landscapes. In order to achieve this goal, phenomenology tools will be used to approximate the relations between last century objects (military ruins and industrial ruins, specially) and their surrounding world (society). The main objective is to contribute to a greater openness to this field of research, offering a deeper degree of interdisciplinarity between art, philosophy, architecture, history and geography. Therefore, the concept of art museum will be as well in the center of the reflection, with the will to offer a permanent critical revision of the term and taking advantage of the contributions of authors such as André Malraux, Rosalind Krauss and Francesco Careri.