Abstract
The article turns attention to the processes of sense- making concerning the installation Uncanny River (The Crossing) by the Portuguese artist João Biscainho. In an attempt to describe contexts and conditions without which this installation would not be what it is, the article aims at offering a set of exploratory challenges which any spectator of the installation may face. While Buscaino’s work invites a nonterminating task of sense- making, it points to the pleasure of ambiguity as a constitutional feature of the arts.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Cognition, culture, and the arts |
| Subtitle of host publication | interdisciplinary perspectives on narrating, understanding, and reading |
| Place of Publication | Berlin |
| Publisher | Peter Lang AG |
| Pages | 93-98 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9783631862520, 9783631862537 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9783631861264 |
| Publication status | Published - 2021 |
Publication series
| Name | passagem |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Peter Lang |
| Volume | 15 |
| ISSN (Print) | 1861-583X |
UN SDGs
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SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
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