Hullet i nullerne. Ind og ud af kunsten med performativ biografisme

Jon Helt Haarder: “The Hole in the 00s: In and Out of Art with Performative Biographism”The hole mentioned in the title refers to the breaking down of barriers between art and life. This project of the historical avant-garde as it has resurfaced in the relational art practices of the 1990s is used as one way of framing a dominating trend in Scandinavian literature around the turn of the century: “Performative biographism” is suggested as a label for the widespread use of biographical or autobiographical material for artistic purposes. Authors and texts treated or mentioned include work by Peter Høeg, Suzanne Brøgger, Jørgen Leth, Das Bechwerk, Carina Rydberg, Karl Ove Knausgård, Kristian Ditlev Jensen, Knud Romer, Kim Leine – and August Strindberg.