Davor Tocinovski was born on 12 June 1976 in Skopje. He graduated from the School of Applied Arts “Lazar Ličenoski” in Skopje (1994), graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University “Ss. Cyril and Methodius” in Skopje (2001) in the class of Prof. Rubens Korubin and received his Master's degree at the University of Arts in Belgrade (2010) with Prof. Vladan Radovanović.
Brief description of the work
The absurdity of doing nothing (nothingness) in the artistic sphere is a term that grows into a pivot and current thematic preoccupation that is expressed through this artistic action entitled “Abstaining from art.” My intention is to analyze the stated notion that the abstinence, i.e. doing nothing in art can transform and mutate in character and come to the point of reproducing art, i.e. a work of art. The act of declaring and profiling an art exhibit will contribute to theorizing that the constant nothing becomes and reformulates into a concrete something. One can conclude that the participation of the nothingness has the constitution of a power to shape and create an artistic product. I emphasize the conclusion that not making art can be art in itself. The medium through which the work is presented is a textually documented art performance. It is a text that presents the act of performance expanded with the topic of the nothingness.
Name or Pen Name
Davor Tocinovski
Email
prazno13@gmail.com
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Manuscript
Abstaining-from-art_0.pdf
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Where was it published?
A segment of the work has been published in https://www.provocations.online/practices-of-study/davor-tocinovski/
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