![]() ![]() Art in the phenomenological tradition was/is predicated on specific answers to specific questions, most of which boil things down to the intentionality of a participant observer. ![]() Theory of the event in art and philosophy cuts a spotty figure. In whose time do these events take place? We may communicate with their events and aesthetics but we are not essential components for them – yet there they are. The worlds that art might disclose, interpret, and articulate are full of aliens (animal, vegetable, or mineral) with which we may be empathetic. However, if the event (or just actual things happening in interesting ways) is to be a central concern, then art should continue to explore tempos/temporalities other than that of normal human (short) attention spans, self-conscious play, or metaphysical politics. Sometimes the event is an Event, capitalized to signify an important happening or a philosophical promise. Put another way, for how long does an event need to take place in order to qualify as an event? By whom (or by what) must an event be experienced in order to be, strictly speaking, an event, and not just some process unfolding or an arbitrary slice of time? Art has arranged itself in relation to the question of the event in different ways, some of which are persistent if not useful and others useful if not persistent. What makes an event eventful? If it is the investment of meaning we place in it, perhaps some events can be indifferent to that meaning if they are immune to our investments. ![]()
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