Jul 11, 2019 18:32
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Spanish term
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piensa en acto
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Art/Literary
Philosophy
This is from a text about a contemporary Argentine artist. When I google the phrase in Spanish, I got a number of hits in different sorts of texts.
En este sentido se trata no tanto de tener un tema de conversación sino de generar un discurso con/en la obra. De esto último deriva la instalada idea de que el arte es una forma de pensamiento. Podríamos decir que el arte piensa en acto y lo hace en un contexto que nunca está vacío dado que justamente reflexiona acerca de sus condiciones de posibilidad (las de la disciplina, las del lenguaje, su materialidad, su relación con las ideas).
"art thinks in action" "art enacts thinking"
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En este sentido se trata no tanto de tener un tema de conversación sino de generar un discurso con/en la obra. De esto último deriva la instalada idea de que el arte es una forma de pensamiento. Podríamos decir que el arte piensa en acto y lo hace en un contexto que nunca está vacío dado que justamente reflexiona acerca de sus condiciones de posibilidad (las de la disciplina, las del lenguaje, su materialidad, su relación con las ideas).
"art thinks in action" "art enacts thinking"
thanks
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art is thought in action
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Anne Schulz
: or "art is thinking in action", to avoid misunderstanding of "thought" as past participle of "think"? (maybe you even introduced this ambiguity on purpose?)
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Simon Charass
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art thinking is action
Maybe will help.
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thinking art is action
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thinking art is action
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Tomás Monti
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Art thinks in actionS
I think the plural is rather important, giving that it conveys actions as a unit of measure of sorts, metaphorically speaking.
Hope it helps.
Hope it helps.
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Adrian MM.
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thinks in actual reality
- by analogy with 'en el acto' and in antithesis to thinking in a vacuum: '... y lo hace en un contexto que nunca está vacío...'
Query: and in real time.
Query: and in real time.
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Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
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art acts thinking
Just and idea.
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Francois Boye
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art is the act of manifesting an idea
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thinks in act / The way art "thinks" is by way of performing a deed
Art, the way it manifest itself is by one deed.
More than "one action" or "actions", it is "a deed" an action that is performed intentionally or consciously.
In other words, "art" thinks in terms of "a premeditated result," be that an emotional impact or an impression on the mind.
The "thinking" performed by "art" (or the artist) is the resulting "act," the resulting "deed" that now creates an impact in the viewer, the listener, the reader.
That'll be my take on this.
Saludos cordiales.
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Note added at 1 day 6 hrs (2019-07-13 01:21:39 GMT)
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As I note in the discussion, and since this is a philosophical subject, the applicable Spanish definition is indeed,
"Acto" DRAE: 9. m. Fil. Lo real, lo que es determinación o perfección de la potencia.
Thus, art "thinks" by way of creating a reality, something that was potential, something in the realm of possibility is now an actuality. Almost with its own life, now that it is completed.
More than "one action" or "actions", it is "a deed" an action that is performed intentionally or consciously.
In other words, "art" thinks in terms of "a premeditated result," be that an emotional impact or an impression on the mind.
The "thinking" performed by "art" (or the artist) is the resulting "act," the resulting "deed" that now creates an impact in the viewer, the listener, the reader.
That'll be my take on this.
Saludos cordiales.
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Note added at 1 day 6 hrs (2019-07-13 01:21:39 GMT)
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As I note in the discussion, and since this is a philosophical subject, the applicable Spanish definition is indeed,
"Acto" DRAE: 9. m. Fil. Lo real, lo que es determinación o perfección de la potencia.
Thus, art "thinks" by way of creating a reality, something that was potential, something in the realm of possibility is now an actuality. Almost with its own life, now that it is completed.
Discussion
"Acto" DRAE: 9. m. Fil. Lo real, lo que es determinación o perfección de la potencia.