ART IS A CODE

ART IS A CODE

Mart describes art as a code shared among maker, institution, audience, historical context and cultural field.

The work is not only an object or action; public existence also depends on recognition, framing, circulation, reception and shared or partial language.

VIVIAN MAIER EXAMPLE

The workshop uses Vivian Maier to discuss artistic status through discovery, institutional recognition and historical framing. Treat this as Mart’s workshop argument; do not expand into complete history.

READABILITY

Audience need not decode everything, but the artist needs to understand which codes are offered.