Canon
In art and academia, the canon is a term used to refer to opinions and perspectives long established as the most important. It is sometimes used to refer to collections of books, films, essays and artworks which have been regarded as the most important.
The term may sometimes be used to specifically refer to the Western canon which has dominated artisitic study for centuries, and is increasing critiqued by artists in the 21st century. Its dominance throughout history has unarguably shaped and structured the ways that we imagine and create images, influencing the ways that we build wrolds, and go about our social lives.
The term may sometimes be used to specifically refer to the Western canon which has dominated artisitic study for centuries, and is increasing critiqued by artists in the 21st century. Its dominance throughout history has unarguably shaped and structured the ways that we imagine and create images, influencing the ways that we build wrolds, and go about our social lives.
“The canon fails to offer a reliable history of the world since many perspectives and contexts or absent.”
“The few number of women found in the western canon reflects the patricarcal system of society.”
“The few number of women found in the western canon reflects the patricarcal system of society.”
Donated by JJ Chan
Co-create
To create something together in relationship. I experience co-creation as a process of exploring relationship. We don’t know what the work will be, and we are committed to co-creating it. In my experience, co-creating relies on horizontal relating, based on reflection, care, intimacy, and ongoing desire to uncover and disrupt the vertical structures in ourselves, outside of ourselves, among/between ourselves.
Donated by Katherine Smith
Concatenation
‘The action of linking things together in a series, or the condition of being linked in such a way.' Oxford Dictionary
“...but one is apt, in these abstracted considerations, to lose the concatenation of ideas, as Mr Locke says:--in short, the truth is--in short, I scarce know what it is...”
From The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling, Henry Fielding
From The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling, Henry Fielding
Donated by Andrew Bick
Content
What is the work about? This includes any themes or messages, as well as how the artwork makes you feel. An artwork’s content might be more complex that what we initially see in the work, connecting to the artist’s wider ideas and your own interpretations.
“Although my video focuses on cats the content of the work is independence and rebellion.”
“There are many levels of symbolism in the content of Picasso's famous painting, Guernica.”
“There are many levels of symbolism in the content of Picasso's famous painting, Guernica.”
Donated by Fay Nicholson
Context
Context means the varied circumstances in which a work of art is (or was) produced and interpreted. What was going on at the time the work was made?
“My installation connects to the wider context of a global climate emergency.”
“This exhibition charts Carolee Schneemann’s experimentation with performance in the context of the downtown New York scene.”
“This exhibition charts Carolee Schneemann’s experimentation with performance in the context of the downtown New York scene.”
Donated by Fay Nicholson