The Curve of Representation

Sharing a dream with Joseph Beuys about a system that transforms social organism into a work of art, I have one exception. The idea of transformation performed not only on a social platform but primarily on a platform of reality perception itself. The artist of so-called "pure perception" discovers and realizes the aesthetics of objects on the conceptual level. Then we need to resolve the issue with its representation. Is representation taking place already in the mind processes during perception?

There are two major factors related to the quality of an author's transformation of perception:

1. The moderator is serving as a moderator without decoding perceived information. The question is: is selfless transfer of information is even possible? Stage of pre-perception refers to the out-of-mind cognitive limits of personal consciousness. This approach produces selfless creation of something I call "wisdom form" that is the analysis of mediation.

2. Moderator is polluting the perception and is involved. He does not serve as a transferring medium, but is actively moderating and changing the stream of perception. Moderator manipulates it for selfish reasons. Moderator-artist is using a package of aesthetic criteria to come up with a model of personal reflection. I call this approach demoralization, degeneration of pure forms. This approach is an elemental and superficial analysis of mediation.

To achieve the highest goal of creation, either one needs to work beyond limits of historical possibilities and beyond personal interests, or to sink into transformation of reality using personal absorption toward the limits of icon, redesigning the modes of personal signature, and create an interpretation of reproduction of the universe.

The extreme example of such a realm, one beyond the conventional mind, is independent creation of fools, the mentally ill and demigods. The celebration of this last category is known from history as "slaves" who entertained kings. (Jokers were not featured in the original playing cards popular in the 15th and 16th centuries.)

THE CURVE OF REPRESENTATION