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Title
De immersieve kunstervaring: schone schijn of emancipatie?
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Abstract
The immersive experience plays an increasingly important role in the contemporary experience of art. Digital and multimedia technologies are used to make works of art accessible to a broad and diverse audience. In popular discourse, this evolution is often framed in a narrative of democratization and social emancipation through the participation in art. In the background of that narrative resounds the Schillerian ideal of aesthetic Bildung, which regards the experience of beauty as a necessary condition for achieving individual and political freedom. The question, however, is whether the contemporary immersive art experience is not fundamentally different from the pre-digital aesthetic experience, and what the repercussions of this would be for its emancipatory potential. This contribution examines the aesthetic characteristics of the immersive experience, including a case study of the work Sleep by the post-classical composer Max Richter, in order to assess the extent to which the contemporary immersive art experience can be understood as a continuation or, on the contrary, a departure from the Schillerian vision of art.
Language
Dutch
Source (journal)
Algemeen Nederlands tijdschrift voor wijsbegeerte. - Assen, 1970, currens
Publication
Assen : 2023
ISSN
0002-5275 [print]
2352-1244 [online]
DOI
10.5117/ANTW2023.4.004.MUNC
Volume/pages
115 :4 (2023) , p. 391-408
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UAntwerpen
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Subject
Art 
Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
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Creation 01.12.2023
Last edited 06.12.2023
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