Destruction in Art - a historical context for glitch aesthetics

Destruction in Art a historical context for glitch aesthetics

"I like natural disasters andI think that they may be thehighest form of art possibleto experience." - Walter de Maria, 1960

Nature

John Martin, The Great Day of His Wrath (1850)

Kim Asendorf, Mountain Tour (2010)

Rick Silva, Antlers WiFi

Ubermorgen, DEEPHORIZON (2010) http://deeeeeeephorizon.com

I think natural disasters have been looked upon in the wrong way. Newspapersalways say they are bad. A shame. I like natural disasters and I think that they maybe the highest form of art possible to experience. For one thing they areimpersonal.I dont think art can stand up to nature. Put the best object you know next to thegrand canyon, niagara falls, the red woods. The big things always win. Now just thinkof a ﬂood, forest ﬁre, tornado, earthquake, Typhoon, sand storm. Think of thebreaking of the ice jams. Crunch.If all of the people who go to museums could just feel an earthquake. Not tomention the sky and the ocean. But it is in the unpredictable disasters that thehighest forms are realized. They are rare and we should be thankful for them.

Accidents

Andy Warhol, Green Car Crash (1963)

Ben Turner, DNC Website Glitch (2012)

Andy Warhol, Atomic Bombs (1964)

San Diego Fireworks July 4, 2012 video

Self-Destruction

Jean Tinguely, Homage to New York (1960) video

"Tinguely says he was entranced by the idea of throwing ahand-grenade at the Mona Lisa, and he even formulated adetailed plan for carrying out his scheme. However, thelikelihood of a prison sentence, and the virtually totalinactivity this would bring, made him hesitate." - K.G. Pontus Hultén: Jean Tinguely. Méta’. London: Thames and Hudson, 1975, p. 35.

5VOLTCORE, Shockbot Corejulio (2005) video

Jonathan Schipper, The Slow Inevitable Death of American Muscle (2009) video

Art Damaged, by Christopher Schreck “Catalogues Defaced, Destroyed, and Vandalized Artworks”http://art-damaged.tumblr.com

Radical Art : Destruction Category http://radicalart.info/destruction/index.html

Destruction in Art - a historical context for glitch aesthetics

by Jeremiah Johnson on Oct 15, 2012

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