The Materiality of Work. Assemblage. Brick. A Piece of Cake Cover Image
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Materialność pracy. Asamblaż. Cegła. Kawałek ciasta
The Materiality of Work. Assemblage. Brick. A Piece of Cake

Author(s): Zofia Nierodzińska
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Social Sciences, Sociology, Sociology of Culture
Published by: Stowarzyszenie Czasu Kultury
Keywords: work;art;materialism;assemblage;university;value context

Summary/Abstract: The essay is a translation of part of a master’s thesis written and defended at the Kunst im Kontext Institute at the Universität der Künste in Berlin; it consists of a theoretical section in the form of a book and a practical section in the form of video and drawn film. The product in the form of a book was inspired by the art of confectionery, which on the aesthetic plane links two professions the author was engaged in during the writing of her thesis – a saleswoman in a pastry shop and a graduate student. The theory provided here is in the form of legislation, and the artistic practice imitates the art of cooking. The work appears to be a material activity, and the value added to it or subtracted from it, an anthropocentric fiction.

  • Issue Year: XXXII/2016
  • Issue No: 03
  • Page Range: 49-57
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Polish