from the start by self-limiting and ideological concepts.
As such, FOA-FLUX contributes to the ongoing re-evaluation of established reference systems and to the discussion on art worldwide.
One of FOA-FLUX‘s hallmarks is our ability to linking the scientific, artistic, and
applied production of knowlege with an informed exchange about art.
FOA-FLUX (co-)runs projects in Europe, southern Africa, South America, and South Asia.
We experiment with formats that combine information exchange, know-how development (among all participants), and peer review.
Our workshops bring together various stakeholders, such as artists, students, researchers, and educators.
A focused change of various communication forms helps to make different perspectives visible in a relatively short time – and to open up these perspectives for discussion. This approach also helps to support and satisfy the many expectations of those involved.
http://foa-flux.net/
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Globalisierungstheorien
Meta Wandel, Beck 2007
Bedarf an Daten, Rehbein/Schwengel 2008
Glocalisation Roberson 1998
Kunst und Globalisierung
Questionnarie on "The Contemporary", 2009, MIT Press
An Expanded Questionnaire on the Contemporary, 2012, Hong Kong
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_____________ PHENOMENA _____ Ongoing globalization processes give rise to artistic phenomena that are increasingly eluding traditional art research tools and methods. Foa-flux examines concepts of Contemporary Art, Tourist Art, World Art and the like, and thereby contributes to the debate on art in a global context. Our guiding questions are: What are the criteria and premises of these discourses? Who defines them? Which subjects are included, which excluded? What are the differences between the various phenomena and their reference systems?
_______________________________ _____________ REGIONS ________ Local situations are informed by both local and global issues. To draw attention to these correlations, the «glocal» concept was introduced to the discussions on globalisation. Foa-flux analyses what happens on regional levels in specific places, contributes to the need for phenomenological studies, and provides knowledge and know-how exchange. Our guiding questions are: What are the specific conditions, ongoing changes, and potentials of the production, distribution, and reception of art within specific regional arenas? What is the relevance of art and its influence on an international art discourse and vice versa?
_______________________________ _____________ ART & SOCIETY __ Manifold functions of art and individual preferences co-exist in glocal and global contexts. With traditional art concepts losing their credibility of in- and exclusion based on specific functions along with hybrid functional claims, the role of artists within societies is highly disputed. Our guiding questions are: What is the relation between the self-perception of artists and how they are perceived by stakeholders? How do these perceptions correspond with concepts and notions of the functions of art?
