Comparison between Aesthetic Regime of Art and Collaborative/ Dialogical Aesthetics: Relationship of Autonomy of Art and Social Engagement

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K00154
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 01050:Aesthetics and art studies-related
• Research Institution: Osaka University
• Principal Investigator: Tanaka Hitoshi 大阪大学, 文学研究科, 准教授 (60510683)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: 対話的・協働的芸術 / 美的ネットワーク理論 / 社会的開放

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research project was originally aimed to compare the concept of aesthetic regime of art in Jacques Ranciere and the theory of dialogical/ collaborative art in Grant H. Kester. However, the researcher found out the importance of dispute on aesthetic value in contemporary philosophical aesthetics to gain basic theoretical insight into dialogical/ collaborative art practice between professional artists and non-professionals. Therefore, the researcher pointed out that the aesthetic network theory in Dominic M. Lopes and the concept of social openness in Nick Riggle articulate important aesthetic values in art practices: exchange of capabilities among participants and liberation from usual norms.

Free Research Field

美学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

「アートプロジェクト」と呼ばれる芸術実践は日本各地で行われており、その特徴として、芸術の専門家と非専門家との持続的な対話と協働が挙げられる。そうした特徴には従来、美的な意義ではなく社会的な意義のみが認められてきた。しかし、本研究は、対話や協働の過程で人々がそれぞれの能力を持ち寄ること、また通常の生活で従っている規範から解放されることに、固有の美的な価値が認められると指摘した点で学術的・社会的意義を持つ。