Gego's sculptures or, as she preferred to call them, bichos directly address
the phenomenological encounter with sculpture.
Not exact matches
While significant research efforts have gone into better understanding specific
phenomenological features
encountered during near - death - experiences, the scientific literature on the temporal structure of near - death - experiences is still quite limited.
David Schutter's practice is a form of
phenomenological study that discusses the distances and problems
encountered when making a painting.
Highly crafted, the food is carved out of marble and modelled out of plasticine and foam, but the suggestion of reality reflects the plastic quality of how food is presented in supermarkets and fast food outlets; the sanitised
encounter fuelling a drive towards rapid (over) consumption whilst denying the
phenomenological essence that makes the
encounter fulfilling.
For all the strength of the catalogue, no text appears in the gallery, leaving visitors to
encounter the works on a purely
phenomenological level (although this is rewarding in other ways).
It's in this
phenomenological condition for the possibility of things where meaning takes on new forms and where the viewer is engaged in more precarious and unpredictable
encounters with sculptural and architectural constructions.
They ask the participating artists to examine the very tenets of materiality through the lens of
phenomenological inquiry, and to consider «everyday
encounters with the material world», exploring the ways in whey contribute to our collective sense of identity, value, and place.