Laboratory on Feedback in Artistic Processes 2

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As an example for feedback discussions where the artist
is not present, to train the artist and the audience
as the public, Ana Vujanović mentions the project of
TkH (Walking Theory) collective called illegal_cinema
(Belgrade/Paris/Bilbao). In the Parisian edition, the
author was forbidden to be present at the discussion
after her/his film screening, in order to avoid that
she/he is considered as the main or only source of
knowledge in regards to the artwork. On the notion
of opinion and judgement she quoted from Criticism
& Perception by John Dewey (2005): “Judgement is
an act of intelligence performed on perception for
the purpose of more adequate perception”. She also
pointed out that there is a difference in juridical judgement
and a statement of response (impressionist
critic). From that Ana concludes that we can hone
impressions and develop critical thinking through
discussion, that in the long run artists should not be
excluded from public feedback but be seen as equal
citizens, and that she considers creating feedback
encounters as cultural activism or theoretical activism,
not as social work.