Youme
01 / 19 Samuel 2013
What happens when we change the conditions under which art comes into existence?
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Youme is an ongoing artistic experiment into what happens when an artwork begins with a specific person rather than an art-world audience.
Each project starts with a conversation and develops into an artwork made for that person and their social world.
The work explores how the circumstances in which an artwork is made, encountered and shared shape the meaning it acquires.
It asks how relationships, context, memory and social networks influence the way an artwork is experienced and valued.
By moving between personal and institutional contexts, Youme tests how changing the conditions around an artwork transforms its social life.
At its core, Youme asks: what happens when we change the conditions under which art comes into existence?
Youme is an ongoing artistic experiment into what happens when an artwork begins with a specific person rather than an art-world audience.
Each project starts with a conversation and develops into an artwork made for that person and their social world.
The work explores how the circumstances in which an artwork is made, encountered and shared shape the meaning it acquires.
It asks how relationships, context, memory and social networks influence the way an artwork is experienced and valued.
By moving between personal and institutional contexts, Youme tests how changing the conditions around an artwork transforms its social life.
At its core, Youme asks: what happens when we change the conditions under which art comes into existence?