The KUNSTFORUM issue •Das inszenierte Selbst. Autofiktion in der Gegenwartskunst• examines a phenomenon that has garnered significant attention in the arts in recent years. Established as a literary and performative practice since the 1970s, autofiction was linked to the emancipatory potential of highlighting social structures. Today, the ambivalences of this practice are increasingly coming to the fore as evidenced by the fetishization of subjectivity and the tension between self-staging and mythologization, fiction and reality.
What is the current state of autofiction’s emancipatory potential? And when does the artistic engagement with the self tip over into self-mythologization? In this issue, co-edited by
@rosawindt and me, we explore these questions.
Rosa Windt discusses the use of the body as a medium for artistic self-negotiation, mediating intimacy, the public sphere, and social critique.
@siele_witch writes about the figurative paintings of
@agata_slowak , addressing the power dynamics of vulnerability and intrusion.
Kristian Vistrup Madsen reflects on Kaare Ruud’s exhibition at
@kunstsenter .
Isabel Mehl reconstructs the methods of self-positioning in the interview Don’t Cry: Work (1973) between Lynne Tillman and Meret Oppenheim.
@lisaalice_klosterkoetter explores the intervening potential of art practices in public spaces.
In my contribution, I focus on current strategies of autofiction in
@cathiepilkington ’s exhibition Housekeeper at
@freudmuseum and in Ways of Seeing at
@muzeumsztuki in Łódź.
❤️🔥 Thank you to our dear authors, who contributed brilliant texts and illuminated new aspects of the phenomenon. ❤️🔥Thank you to Matthew Barney,
@zuza_golinska ,
@carina.brandes , and
@rinusvandevelde for discussing your artistic approaches to autofiction and the self in our interviews.
❤️🔥 Thank you to my dear co-editor,
@rosawindt , for the trusting collaboration. ❤️🔥Thank you to
@annkatrin_guenzel and the editorial team of
@kunstforum_international for the opportunity and guidance!
Available in German. Get your copy! 🫦🫦🫦
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