Awareness Muscle
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Format art
An art format is constituted on the basis of a formula: the format contains a number of invariable elements that create the framework for the participants and factors that change every time the art format is mounted. Besides the variables within the structure of the art format, the relation between...
by Thierry Geoffroy
Thierry Geoffroy
Thierry Geoffroy , also known as Colonel, is a Danish-French artist. Living in Copenhagen, Denmark. Conceptual artist specialized in format art.-Biography:...
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The art format Awareness Muscle has been activated in Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
and the Blackwood Gallery, Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
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The mechanisms of this art format is always the same disregarding time and place - following the principals of format art
Format art
An art format is constituted on the basis of a formula: the format contains a number of invariable elements that create the framework for the participants and factors that change every time the art format is mounted. Besides the variables within the structure of the art format, the relation between...
. Awareness Muscle uses the act of physical training as a metaphor
Metaphor
A metaphor is a literary figure of speech that uses an image, story or tangible thing to represent a less tangible thing or some intangible quality or idea; e.g., "Her eyes were glistening jewels." Metaphor may also be used for any rhetorical figures of speech that achieve their effects via...
of training the consciousness and ability of critical thinking
Critical thinking
Critical thinking is the process or method of thinking that questions assumptions. It is a way of deciding whether a claim is true, false, or sometimes true and sometimes false, or partly true and partly false. The origins of critical thinking can be traced in Western thought to the Socratic...
, of the participant.