Sunday, 16 October 2011

week 3 discussion

From reading Rosalind Krauss Video: The Aesthetics of Narcissism (1987) ...


the story of Narcissus: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissus_%28mythology%29]



Qs:
- what features of video define an  'aesthetics of narcissism'? 
- how does narcissism arise from and reflect our current cultural condition?
- what are the differences between 'reflectiveness' and 'reflexiveness' (or the 'self-reflective'), in reference to modern art (i.e. Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns) and the video artists mentioned? 
- must a 'medium' be material?


Acconci's Centers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88DM2nqREtQ


Richard Serra's Boomerang: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5S3_dmj8BU

Joan Jonas' Vertical Roll http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oqJZOFzbfA

Jasper Johns' Flag (1930):
http://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=78805










Guy Maddin, My Winnipeg (netflix): http://movies.netflix.com/WiPlayer?movieid=70081103&trkid=2361637

Lars Von Trier The Idiots (DVD available in library) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0154421/

Dogme 95 'Vow of Chastity': http://mediebol.stu.cofc.edu/chastity.htm  

Werner Herzog - (Screened The Great Ecstasy of Woodcutter Steiner
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001348/

...'On the absolute, the sublime and ecstatic truth': http://www.wernerherzog.com/52.html
...Minnesota Declaration (manifesto): http://www.wernerherzog.com/52.html#c93





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