RECENT "System / Randomness / Discourse"

Participants:
Štefan BALÁZS (SK), Renate BORGEN (DK), Carol-Ann BRAUN (FR), Maria CUEVAS (ES), Gabriel DE GAUDI (IT), Judith DUQUEMIN (AUS), Gerhard HOTTER (DE), Roman LANG (DE), OSTER + KOEZLE (DE), Ovidiu PETCA (RO), Agnieszka WASIAK (PL), András WOLSKY (HU).

Exhibition duration:
August 9 – September 6, 2025

Location:
Discursive Geometry Art Association
DG GALLERY, ul. Wschodnia 52/3U, 90-271 Łódź

Exhibition theme description:
The "system – randomness – discourse" trinomial as a tool for analysis and artistic practice.

Contemporary art increasingly functions as a field of tension and dialogue between various forces: order and chaos, structure and chance, norm and resistance. The "system – randomness – discourse" trinomial is an extremely useful tool for analyzing these interdependencies, revealing how various elements shape both the creative process and the reception of a work.

A system in art symbolizes rules – both those consciously adopted by the artist and those imposed by the socio-cultural context. This can be a set of compositional principles, a generative algorithm framework, or the institutional conventions governing the circulation of art. A system serves as a framework: it organizes artistic reality, but at the same time creates a point of reference from which the artist can deviate – by questioning, dismantling, or transforming it.

In opposition to the system, randomness emerges—unpredictability, chance, and openness to the unplanned. Introducing randomness into a work of art is often a strategy of resistance to rational structures—a form of deconstruction of the author's intention. Chance can become a source of innovation, imbuing the work with new meaning that was not previously intended. In this context, randomness not only liberates creativity but also disrupts dominant orders, testing the boundaries between control and chaos.

Discourse, in turn, is the interpretive space in which art acquires meaning. It is not only the language of art criticism or theory, but also the broader social narratives within which the work is embedded. Discourse can both legitimize the system and undermine it. A work of art does not exist in a vacuum—it becomes part of a larger conversation about the world, often coming into conflict with dominant ideologies or cultural norms.

The juxtaposition of these three elements reveals art as a dynamic field of force. The system provides structure, randomness introduces unpredictability, and discourse imbues meaning. An artist can balance between them, consciously exploiting their tensions to create multi-layered works, open to diverse interpretations and responses. In this way, the trinomial "system – randomness – discourse" not only describes the functioning of art but also inspires reflection on its social and cultural role.
Mark Starel

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