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Further reflections on the performative experiences of artefacts for everyday use

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Author

  • Torsten Weimarck

Editor

  • Tomas Björk
  • Lempi Borg Wik
  • Peter Gillgren
  • Barbro Schaffer
  • Mårten Snickare
  • Anna Tellgren
  • Birgitta Trobrandt Åkerström

Summary, in English

The article may be seen as a sequel to my paper delivered at a conference on art historical subjectivity and methodology in Stockholm 1999, initiated by Margaretha Rossholm Lagerlöf. – Now I will try to move that analysis a little step further by discussing some problems concerning the more explicit performative effects and experiences of everyday technical objects and their occasionally strange visual expressions in relation to their evident role as handy utility articles or equipment. Performative, because I am especially interested in the effects upon the user or beholder, and how the expressions are transmitted into, and re-used, in an individually experienced universe.

Publishing year

2010

Language

English

Pages

254-259

Publication/Series

Det åskådliga och det bottenlösa : tankar kring konst och humaniora tillägnade Margaretha Rossholm Lagerlöf

Volume

22

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Konstvetenskapliga institutionen, Stockholms universitet / Eidos : Skrifter från Konstvetenskapliga institutionen vid Stockholms universitet

Topic

  • Art History

Keywords

  • mimesis
  • design
  • Performativity

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1650-5298
  • ISBN: 9789197631518