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The students works were only pious imitations of their masters. The real influence of the latter was
indirect, by force of example: Ruskin on Van de Velde, Van de Velde on Gropius.
This is not at all a criticism, it is simply a recognition of reality, from which the following conclusions
may be drawn: The direct transfer of artistic gifts is impossible; artistic adaptation takes place through a
series of contradictory phases: Shock Wonder Imitation Rejection Experimentation
Possession.
None of these phases can be avoided, though they need not all be gone through by any one individual.
Our practical conclusion is the following: We are abandoning all efforts at pedagogical action and
moving toward experimental activity.
ASGER JORN
1957
Notes sur la formation dune Bauhaus imaginiste and three other texts were originally published
together under the title Against Functionalism (1957), then included in Pour la Forme: bauche dune
mthodologie des arts, a large collection of Jorn's writings published by the Situationist International
(Paris, June 1958; reprinted by ditions Allia, 2001). This translation by Ken Knabb is from the
Situationist International Anthology (Revised and Expanded Edition, 2006). No copyright.
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