Friday, 9 December 2011

Essay Ideas

Favourite points from lectures-

Panopticism
Foucault - shift in disciplinary techniques from physical control to the subtle mental control.
'how to put him where he is most useful: this is discipline in my sense'

relationship between power, knowledge and the body

'docile bodies'

- how this control work with art. How the artist makes the viewer react in the way they want

'gentle punishment' (Danaher, Schriato and Webb 2000)

Vito Acconi 'Following Piece' (1960)
Chris Burdn 'Samsung' (1985)

Tate Britian


Identity
How culture affects our identity

John Fiske 'the individual is produced by nature, the subject produced by culture'

Jaques Lacon 'hommelette' the man omlette

Subjectivities are fragile

'discourse analysis' Foucault


Pop culture

Taking art away from the white cute space

Walter Benjamin

Making people physically walk up steps to get to the height of artwork. Personal Pilgramige to the work. It has a higher status than you.

'Mechanical Reproduction changes the reaction of art towards the masses'

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