N+1/2008

The time of every truth seeking research program is the living present, the perpetually changing dimension of the tradition of doubt. The essence of Dimensionism is as follows: it is deductive with respect to the past; inductive with respect to the future, and alive in the present. The living present is the two thousand and eighth year A. D., which I have approximated by utilizing the number 2008. The product of the four numerical digits and number two is eight; the four digits represent dimension, number two means doubt, while number eight is the unrepeatable element in the program.

In 1936, Charles Sirato (1905-1980), in his Dimensionist Manifesto – which, among others, was also signed by Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968) – contends that the dimensionist plus one dimension (N+1), opens the way to the weighty spiritual/intellectual consequence of this fundamental change. "…The human being, rather than regarding the art object from the exterior, becomes the centre and five-sensed subject of the artwork, which operates within a closed and completely controlled cosmic space."

Later on, Ray Johnson (1927-1995) understood the "closed and completely controlled cosmic space" as atomic information carrying particles. These particles – the "moticos"– are already elements of a differently coded écriture, a means of a relational system, and instigators of the cognition of computational reading. At that time, the same phenomenon has been described by Vilém Flusser (1920-1991) with great precision. We need to recognize that the unlikely coincidents, the improbable particles and their correlation are the sum value of the prevailing, actual present moment, because they are exactly what they need to be.

The theme of the exhibition-event is the Dimensionist Human Being:
Man, as a five-sensed subject – not somebody, but a sub-total of relational systems – experiences the constant changes of the perpetually unfolding moment as a plus one dimension.

Dear Dimensionist Friend,
I would welcome your participation in this project. The size, the material, etc. are unspecified: image, music, sound, object, project, plan, text, document, video, web-site, etc. All the authentic responses/reactions are going to be presented at the Artpool P60 exhibition space, as well as on the internet. After the event, the materials are going to become part of the Artpool archive and collection. In return for your participation, beside the web-site, we are also going to make a hard copy of the documentation which is going to be dispersed among all the dimensionist participants.

Address: Artpool, 1277 Budapest 23, pf. 52,
E-mail: project at artpool.hu
Deadline: March 4, 2008

Best wishes,

Galántai György