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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Page 35
25 Although it is certainly possible that a viewer might be disturbed by the work ,
the range of affects that it produces do not simply combine to approximate an
experience identifiable as trauma or a specific emotional condition . As Ernst van
...
25 Although it is certainly possible that a viewer might be disturbed by the work ,
the range of affects that it produces do not simply combine to approximate an
experience identifiable as trauma or a specific emotional condition . As Ernst van
...
Page 83
These bodily operations are revealed , through specific contingent placements ,
as a kind of “ hidden dynamic in space . ” Conscience or empathy — in this sense
arises from the " decoding body , ” which is sympathetic in spite of itself .
These bodily operations are revealed , through specific contingent placements ,
as a kind of “ hidden dynamic in space . ” Conscience or empathy — in this sense
arises from the " decoding body , ” which is sympathetic in spite of itself .
Page 98
Commemorative work certainly must exceed that which occurs at the single site (
notwithstanding the needs of specific families and communities for a monument )
, and works by Kentridge , Doherty , Ractliffe , Younge , and Seawright point to ...
Commemorative work certainly must exceed that which occurs at the single site (
notwithstanding the needs of specific families and communities for a monument )
, and works by Kentridge , Doherty , Ractliffe , Younge , and Seawright point to ...
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Contents
Trauma Affect and | 22 |
The Force of Trauma | 52 |
Journeys into Place | 87 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Empathic Vision: Affect, Trauma, and Contemporary Art Volume 440 of Cultural memory in the present, ISSN 2578-8361 |
| Author | Jill Bennett |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Stanford University Press, 2005 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 9 Nov 2007 |
| ISBN | 0804750742, 9780804750745 |
| Length | 188 pages |
| Subjects | › Art / Conceptual |
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