The above text I have been reading by Simon O'Sullivan.
Through my art practice I have been thinking of aesthetics, but not for the transcendental or beauty aspect, but for the sensation. Addressing the fun way in which art can rupture our being (thoughts) and bring us into the present moment-in-time. Looking at aesthetics through the pure simplicity found in form and colour.
Simon O'Sullivan describes affects as being moments of intensity, a reaction in/on the body at the level of matter. Art is a bundle of affects, or as Deleuze and Guattari would say, a bloc of sensations, waiting to be reactivated by a spectator or participant. As rather than read affects, you need to experience them.
O'Sullivan states that art can be seen as less involved in making sense of the world and more involved in exploring the possibilities of being, of becoming, in the world. Less involved in knowledge and more involved in experience, in pushing forward the boundaries of what can be experienced. A making visible of the invisible. I feel this is relevant to my art practice and the everyday materials used that make the invisible seem visible. An encounter with the simple elements that through our busy lives we never stop to fully become aware of, or take notice of.
O'Sullivan, S.
(2001). THE AESTHETICS OF AFFECT: Thinking art beyond representation.
Angelaki, 6(3), 125-135. doi: 10.1080/09697250120087987
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