Dwelling and Conviviality in Art, a cross-post from Light on Canvas
by Antonio Dias
Ivan Illich‘s work turns on two related concepts. One is of our need to dwell, to inhabit a home, to have a place. The other is our need for conviviality. We cannot exist in isolation. We are vulnerable and part of everything as everything is part of us.
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[...] and integration. We find our place. Not in a “place” outside. It does not give us a dwelling place or a place in a community of conviviality, but it does establish the necessary precondition [...]