Like a map, the aim of Cartewheel is to chart and report on changes in the art world. Where do places intersect and separate, or how is it all interrelated? Nicolas Bourriaud propelled this movement with his idea of Altermodern at the 2009 Tate Triennial. However, these ideas are all reactive in their approach, much like charting a map is. It's a belief that through present technology, it no longer has to be this way.
It's time for more proactive and anticipatory thinking. With the idea of tying together myriad sources and ideas ranging from art history to present-day geopolitics, and incorporating blossoming ideas such as New Aesthetics, we can better anticipate what the Art World of tomorrow might be like, and more importantly - make it more conducive to artists.
There has been a continuous democratic failure in the art world, and with it art history, since before the times of Vasari or Winckelmann. However, much like a cartographer, we have the ability to define the world in its most true terms - centered around the artist and those of creativity, and away from dated practices of just the elite patronizing the arts and the ever-increasing, present day belief of art as a liquid asset.
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