The opening quote from Wittgenstein sets the tone for discussing language and its connection to a form of life and will explore the theory and actions related to the recent works of the artist duo, particularly focusing on the concept of art as ritual and ritual as an art form. The text introduces ten works from the artists, forming a structure that reflects an ongoing theater with modern scenarios and real people. The aim is to explore contemporary artistic and cultural expressions, addressing issues related to appropriation and cultural phenomena like performance, identity, social texture, community, cultural capital, food, and relocation. Relational Art Practices: The challenges faced by artists, cultural institutions, museums, and galleries in relational art practices. The object of art becomes a multilayered artifact for social entrepreneurship with a personal political agenda. Themes of Othering, Belonging, Participation: The text highlights the need to understand larger themes like othering, belonging, participation, memory, diversity, intersection, and integration embedded in the artists' praxis. The text encourages the reader to view the book as a journey into the lives of the artists, a diary of events, conversations, and engagements with the locale. The focus is on serving and being together, confronting predestined cultural approaches, and exploring ongoing questions on daily cultural syntax. Artistic Evolution: The evolution of Bobrikova and de Carmen's art since its inception, showcasing a wide range of artistic gestures, from sculptures to proto-architectures, audio installations to junk landscapes. Philosophical Canvas and Dialectics: The text brings in philosophical concepts, mentioning Hegel and the dialectics as the engine of history through constant evolution made possible via mediation. It discusses mediation as the idea that stands in between, facilitating the synthesis that welcomes deeper exploration of chosen problematics and the idea of appropriation as a central theme in the artists' works. It discusses how objects, spaces, and even food are taken out of their ordinary context and treated as representative documents of the society they are taken from. It discusses the institutionalization of artistic practices, accounting, legality, security, marketing, and the role of education in driving curiosity and reflection. The text concludes with a list of ten selected works by Bobrikova and de Carmen, each involving the use, transportation, celebration, and consumption of food. The works are described briefly, reflecting the artists' engagement with places, spaces, bodies, and ideas.
THE GUESTS AND THE HOSTS
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