Olaf Langmack

His Motives

»You must concentrate and consecrate yourself wholly to each day, as though a fire were raging in your hair.« Olaf Langmack investigates the right to a free identity along with the observation that outstanding creative achievements seem to demand the self-sacrifice from their creators.

From the explanatory report

Here we refer to the result of any creative effort as a work. It becomes an artwork only when recognized participants in the art world assign this status. For example, by exhibiting the work in an art space, as in a museum. Anyone who presents themselves online is subject to far fewer restrictions than a work whose creator would like to see it ennobled as artwork. The web provides virtually everyone with the opportunity to present themselves in every conceivable role. That is why self-narrative on the web is not credible.

Notes

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Archive data
A Description	A German individual
B Condition	»Notes«
C Manufacture	from 2015 until 2023
D Entry	May 2023
F Relation	»(Autofictional Novel)«
G Maturity level	Semi-finished work
H Affiliation	Olaf Langmack