[1] As Stein sees it, artists make compositions that are often not understood by their contemporaries because they are not making work
about the present, but
in the present. Stein believes this is why artists are often appreciated only after their time has passed, when the thinking has caught up to the propositions made in the artists’ work. She states in her lecture
Plays: “the business of art is to live in the actual present, that is the complete actual present, and to completely express that actual present.” (251)
And an example from RIGHT NOW:
Portraits & Repetition is a new film by Berlin-based artist Juliette Blightman commissioned by the South London Gallery, presented as a continuous online screening for one year on a purpose built online screening platform.