as making this

[Mohammad Ali1]

In essence, Adorno thought that artworks demonstrate that our relation to reality (human knowledge and perception) puts us in touch
with something that is itself not conceptual. He thereby thinks of reality as having the form of the event and of artworks as making this
reflectively available to the recipient – or, rather, to the theorist of art, such as Adorno.
Source: The Power of Art by Marcus Gabriel
Q: Does "this" refer to "reality as having the form of the event and of artworks"?

 

[grassy]

It refers to "reality having the form of the event"/"the fact that reality has the form of the event".

I wouldn't read this even if someone paid me to.

 

[Joetofu]

Grammatically, “artworks” is separate from “event”:
“He thereby thinks of reality as having the form of the event and (HE THINKS) of artworks as making this reflectively available to the recipient.”

“This” could refer to “the event,” or to “reality,” or maybe to “reality as having the form of the event” (this third possibility feels unlikely to me). I don’t think there’s enough information in this excerpt to say for certain.

 

[Mohammad Ali1]

Thank you dear grassy and Joetofu.

 

[lentulax]

'reality'. Reality, he thinks, has the form of the event, and artworks, he thinks, make reality reflectively available ...

I cannot see how artworks could make available to the recipient the proposition that 'reality has the form of the event'.

 

[grassy]

I cannot see how artworks could make available to the recipient the proposition that 'reality has the form of the event'.

Neither can I, but that's what the grammar suggests.