8. ideal

8. ideal institutional knowledge, categorization, the Book of Laws, harmony, perfection Ideals are the guidelines that orient people’s lives. They provide a standard to put things into perspective, to get a grip on the disagreements that rule our everyday lives. They form the basis for coming to a just decision on how to proceed. Ideal…

the tender institute (2012)

AN INSTITUTE IN SITU Elke Van Campenhout Who’s afraid of the Institute? In the whirlwind of changing subsidy policies, and political crisis, the Institute has become a partner to be mistrusted. Paraphrasing Dorothy Parker you could say that the Institute in most contemporary engaged art practices is ‘not one to be tossed aside lightly. It…