is its inclination to communicate a preconceived opinion,
A moral or political conviction, that is,
it's inclination to communicate information.
Conception precedes execution.
As a result, art degenerates into illustration.
The expressive process
is no longer determined by an indeterminate fever.
Art is no longer 'handwork' that forms matter,
without intention, into a thing,
but 'thought work' that communicates a prefabricated idea.
Art is seized by 'a forgetfulness of things.'
Art allows itself to be put in the service of communication.
It becomes 'lopsided; it leans towards information and discourse.
It becomes 'lopsided; it leans towards information and discourse.
It wants to instruct rather than seduce.'
Byung-Chul Han - from Non-Things
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