ARTHEMIST STATEMENT 2.6

Why create art that nobody asked for?

By: BjÃ¸rn VenÃ¸

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Hardcover | 2 September 2022

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166 Pages

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25.4 x 20.32 x 1.42

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The artist Bjorn Veno strives to see the world and dreams about what it could be, arguing for the importance of creating art in a way in which success is irrelevant. Veno has developed the two terms 'Arthemist' and 'Arthemy' to define his ideas about life, and art, that are at odds with our world. The book reflects on happiness and how a shift in what we value can bring humanity to a new frontier. Veno may have accidentally written a self-help book, but for those who wish to fail. Using the 'Licensed Fool' methodology, Veno practises and embraces failure when he creates photographs, video, drawings, music, performance art and texts, because perfection is reproducible and failure is human.

Arthemist Statment 2.6 features work by Bjorn Veno from 2006-2021. 57 images (soft/hard cover) and 47 images (ebook).

Content warning: 3 images of male nudity.

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"Why create art that nobody asked for," is a good question today when we're constantly required to create and view pictures no one in particular has requested. Bj¸rn Ven¸'s black-and-white photography conveys "feelings of loneliness" of an "outsider" in search of togetherness with people and places. They express a new existential conundrum: How to be human in the presentation of images?

Hans-Georg Moeller, Professor of Philosophy, University of Macau

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