These data are constitutif of a base gathering the sources and results of the research project "OwnReality.To Each His Own Reality. The notion of the real in the fine arts of France, West Germany, East Germany and Poland between 1960 and 1989" conducted from 2011 to 2017.
The main focus of the project was the idea of identifying and reconstructing the relationships between those actively involved with art events at the time {artists, curators, art critics, art historians, etc.), apart from what can be identified as common memberships or meetings during exhibitions and congresses. It was therefore of interest how and when the idea of "reality" was discussed east and west of the Iron Curtain in the later phase of the Cold War. The project deals with the diverse viewpoints and at the same time represents the different readings of the researchers within the project team.
The results were published as articles, case studies, interviews and as searchable database embedded at the website of the DFK Paris (https://dfk-paris.org/en/page/ownrealitydatabase-and-research-tool-1353.html).
The dataset published at heiDATA encompasses:
XML-TEI documents of the case studies and interviews and summary presentations of art journals dealing with the term of "reality" and art in the four nations in question;
JSON files that output the data to the website. The main content are data to exhibitions and participating artists, curators, etc. mentioned in the examined press articles, as well as HTML derivates of the XML documents.
The formation, structure and use of the XML-TEI documents and JSON files are explained with a README file. Both types of data may serve as starting point for further research.
