artist talk
Stefan R枚mer
Artist, art theorist, and professor Stefan R枚mer is interested in new forms of presentation of Minimal and Conceptual art, where in exhibitions suppresses artistic interests and intentions for the sake of conservational and economical aspects. He also often combines an ecological and ethical awareness in his art where he initiated political activist art collective 鈥淔rischmacherInnen鈥 in Cologne (1993-2000).
During the artist talk with R枚mer, students were invited to pose questions about his work, process, and methodology concerning performative practices. R枚mer emphasized that his works are known for their deconstructivist approach to image, sound and text. Methods of lens-based, time-based and performative practices all diverge. He finds interest in creating a mode of artistic 鈥榬eal鈥檚earch for multi-layered critique and examination of prevailing discourses. The 鈥榬eal鈥 in 鈥榬eal鈥檚earch is an entrance to reality through artistic work. His main point of focus during the artist talk was this idea that theories and practices are becomings of praxis, both open and urgent and place for possibility. The students were able to listen to some of R枚mer鈥檚 musical works including 鈥淪ex Practice is Text Practice,鈥 鈥淒econ Sound,鈥 鈥淓xtension of the Alphabet鈥 and鈥淐rackle & Crackle.鈥 At the end of the discussion, the field school continued their conversation with R枚mer at a local beer garden, continuing discussions of theory and practice, anti-colonial ways of seeing, and the subject of conceptualization and reconceptualization. For more information on R枚mer and his archived work, visit: Stefan R枚mer.