ARTFICTIONS' first aim
has to do with redefining and repositioning the contemporary art novel as a central platform where radical understandings of the social role of cultural production and alternative modes of self-definition are tested and developed. Literary art worlds are not simple representations of existing art worlds; on the contrary, the art novel invests in imagining how personal, social and economic relationships within creative art worlds could be otherwise. This is a crucial task nowadays, when traditional forms of artistic and literary creativity (such as cultural festivals, art biennials, collaborative art practices, literary festivals, large-scale art exhibitions and online workshops) are being redefined and repurposed.
