UNPREDICTABILITY
HAAPSALU GRAPHIC DESIGN FESTIVAL 2022
INTERNATIONAL GRAPHIC DESIGN COMPETITION EXHIBITION “PERSONALITY/INDIVIDUALITY '22”
Haapsalu City Gallery
Haapsalu, Estonia
May 30 - June 28, 2022
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The theme of the exhibition is UNPREDICTABILITY to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the world-famous semiotician, literary and cultural scientist Yuri Lotman.
Yuri (Juri) Lotman on unpredictability
Unpredictability is connected to explosions both directly and indirectly. “In explosive circumstances, the calculation of probabilities does not work, there is the only chance, and the result is unpredictable,” Lotman explains. In his writings, unpredictability is primarily associated with culture.
Lotman explains that the future must be respected. And it is precisely the unpredictability of the future that must be respected, for which he emphasizes the importance of art: “Art is the teacher who has been provided for us for our entire lives, and which is precisely capable of teaching us how to cope with unpredictability.” He elaborates: “Art is free, like all thinking and creation. What does “free” mean? Where there is a choice, there is freedom. And this choice must be unpredictable for us to be able to speak of freedom.”
The following thoughts are from the 1990 recordings of the lecture series "Conversations on Russian Cultural History".
