Art History I / New Artistic Languages
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Complete the account of the new languages.

Duchamp's readymades propose that ______ can constitute a work without making. A work existing as instructions realised by others moves towards Goodman's ______ side. For performance, what survives is not the work but the ______. For net art, conservation becomes a question of ______ rather than of cleaning and repair.

Word bank: designation · allographic · documentation · emulation · autographic · restoration

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  1. The first blank is what replaces making.
  2. The last blank names running old software in a new environment.
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Duchamp's readymades propose that designation can constitute a work without making. A work existing as instructions realised by others moves towards Goodman's allographic side. For performance, what survives is not the work but the documentation. For net art, conservation becomes a question of emulation rather than of cleaning and repair.

Why

The second blank links this lesson to the first one in the unit. A work that exists as instructions others realise is allographic in Goodman's sense, like a score, which means a whole class of contemporary practice has quietly changed sides on a distinction drawn to separate painting from music.

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