"seems improbable that there is any art that does not involve the body, since making art and relating to it are rooted in the material world of encounter... our body is our interface with the world, and our senses its line of communication.. even the most dematerialized, conceptual work must take the body into account in some way."
production, reception and interpretation of art
topic been reappraised over the last two decades
re-emerging as a credible subject
important body-orientated work of the feminists in the 1970s
"readmittance of humanism into art has validated the body's appearance once more"
"In popular culture the body has become more visible as a challenge to constricting social codes"
"the body has become recognized as the principal arena for the politics of indentity, as well as a facilitator and marker of belonging"
"the boundary between the human body and the world at large is blurred and shifting, and often difficult to identify. It is not simply the physical barrier of the skin, since this would overlook both the psychological sphere that exists beyond our basic corporeal boundaries and the reciprocal relationship between self and context."
"we must consider nature - the fabric of the world that appears to exist beyond human conciousness and control"
"we should reflect on technology as a product of human endeavour, which in turn affects how we conduct ourselves and perceive others."
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