Empathic Vision: Affect, Trauma, and Contemporary ArtThis book analyzes contemporary visual art produced in the context of conflict and trauma from a range of countries, including Colombia, Northern Ireland, South Africa, and Australia. It focuses on what makes visual language unique, arguing that the "affective" quality of art contributes to a new understanding of the experience of trauma and loss. By extending the concept of empathy, it also demonstrates how we might, through art, make connections with people in different parts of the world whose experiences differ from our own. The book makes a distinct contribution to trauma studies, which has tended to concentrate on literary forms of expression. It also offers a sophisticated theoretical analysis of the operations of art, drawing on philosophers such as Gilles Deleuze, but setting this within a postcolonial framework. Empathic Vision will appeal to anyone interested in the role of culture in post-September 11 global politics. |
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... insofar as it is resistant to cognitive pro- cessing and induces " psychic numbing . " Thus , Foster suggests , it serves as a kind of trope or descriptor for a certain artistic posture : “ many artists [ to- day ] seem driven to ...
... insofar as it is resistant to cognitive pro- cessing and induces " psychic numbing . " Thus , Foster suggests , it serves as a kind of trope or descriptor for a certain artistic posture : “ many artists [ to- day ] seem driven to ...
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... insofar as it has become emblematic of a contemporary cultural sensibility . In this dematerialized and radically sub- limated conception , trauma is reduced to a set of psychic functions — it be- comes a chimera of the real . It is not ...
... insofar as it has become emblematic of a contemporary cultural sensibility . In this dematerialized and radically sub- limated conception , trauma is reduced to a set of psychic functions — it be- comes a chimera of the real . It is not ...
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... Insofar as it alights from time to time on a singular body , it fixes on the endeavor to enliven a puppet as this is en- acted by the puppeteers . Thus one is subsumed by the performance , af- fected by it , even as the illusion of ...
... Insofar as it alights from time to time on a singular body , it fixes on the endeavor to enliven a puppet as this is en- acted by the puppeteers . Thus one is subsumed by the performance , af- fected by it , even as the illusion of ...
Contents
Trauma Affect and Art | 22 |
The Force of Trauma | 46 |
Journeys into Place | 70 |
Copyright | |
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