[spectre] THE UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE. Communication and ambiguity in the work of John Baldessari

[Radio Web MACBA]

Very sad to hear that* John Baldessari* (1931-2020) sadly left us early
this year. As a homage to his work and wisdom, we dig up his voice and his
words from our conversation in 2010.

Link:
https://rwm.macba.cat/en/specials/uncertainty-principle-communication-and-ambiguity-work-john-baldessari

John Baldessari
<https://rwm.macba.cat/en/specials/uncertainty-principle-communication-and-ambiguity-work-john-baldessari>'s
work as an artist, and also as a theoretician and educator, fits in
perfectly with the analogy made by Neils Bohr, Nobel Laureate in Physics,
when he said that "when it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in
poetry. The poet, too, is not nearly so concerned with describing facts as
with creating images and establishing mental connections." And it is
precisely this veil of uncertainty over Baldessari’s compositions that
transforms the everyday into something singular, into an emergent cognitive
experience that avoids single perspectives.

RIP.
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