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2009 : WHAT WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING? [1]

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Tino Sehgal [5]
work has been exhibited at Tate Britain and the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
A DIFFERENT KIND OF MALE SUBJECTIVITY

I think what I will live to see is a quite different kind of  male subjectivity. As we increasingly exit the cultural and behavioural reflexes of industrial society with its distinctive separation of labour between men and women, the base for our still pervasive idea of what constitutes 'masculinity' is equally eroded. Eventually this will trickle down to the conception of male subjectivity, with each new generation doing their little step.

I really hope I will live to see this, as (although our epoch is of course a very challenging and thereby interesting one with the whole sustainability issue) the codes and modes of behaviour and expression available to men are extremely limited and simplistic, which make our times slightly dull. I am looking forward to seeing my own child grow up and what his generation's contribution will be, but even more so I sometimes have a sense of impatience to see how young men will be when I am very old.

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