Sztuka zakłóceń: awangarda transformatywna i idekompozycja publicznej przestrzeni symboli

Abstract

This article presents the concept of transformative art, a genre whose subject matter and very artistic fabric challenges the communication structure within public spaces. The existence of privilege officially bestowed upon certain communication structures creates a dilemma for transformative artists. This officially sanctioned privilege muzzles competing ideas and creates the impression amongst the general public that other, alternative ideas are strange, awkward and embarrassing. Transformative artists, dealing within the division of communicative roles, see their art as the voice of minorities, whose suppressed message they convey. Artistic projects within the category of transformative art possess three vital features: firstly, they diagnose the state of minority groups whose social communications are underprivileged. Secondly, they make this group noticeable in the public sphere and thirdly, they create situations in which, at least for a time, they deconstruct, interfere with and reorganize the semiotic practices of the hegemonic power.