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- Title
VOM SCHLAFSACK BIS ZUR SCHWIMMWESTE.
- Authors
König, Susanne
- Abstract
This essay examines the mechanisms of the construction of moral meaning on the basis of objects in the field of tension between art and design, whereby the objects in question are morally motivated, insofar as their authors want to contribute, with them, towards improving the living conditions of disadvantaged social groups. The first part discusses Lucy Orta’s Refuge Wear and Bas Timmer’s Sheltersuits, which in their respective designs take into account the needs of homeless people. The second part looks at works on the theme of migration by Hussein Chalayan, Ai Weiwei and Bansky. In choosing these themes and objectives, the artists and designers comply with the moral norm of social responsibility that is currently relevant in art and design. The study will show that an object itself is never moral, and that only the actions performed with the object can be judged in moral terms.
- Publication
21 - Inquiries into Art, History & the Visual / Beiträge zur Kunstgeschichte und Visuellen Kultur, 2022, Issue 2, p409
- ISSN
2701-1569
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.11588/xxi.2022.2.89063