FILM 3660 1nd Edition Lecture 12 Outline of Last Lecture September 28th 2014 1 Overview of Reification 2 Spectacle Religion 3 Commodity Fetishism 4 Media Stars 5 Pseudo Cyclical Time 6 De Differentiation 7 The Solution 8 The End of Art 9 Structure of Debord 10 Detournement Outline of Current Lecture October 1st 2014 I Externalization Colonization II What does it mean to be a human being under all of these conditions III Post Modernism in the Sphere of Art IV Torsion Giovanni Anselemo V Debord and Godard Current Lecture Externalization Colonization Imperialism takes the form of culture and the land that it takes becomes the land of our organs Crary Sleep is the one escape from colonization because of this global capitalism we have lost i everyday life ii time for private reflection answers demands of citizenship what it means to be a member of society Social as opposed to narcissistic iii Any Relation to otherness Jameson Cultural dominant a pervasive world from which no one is exempt Characterized by economic interest human activity art and the loss of art s semi autonomy Once upon a time art had own special place in society with freedom and margin Crary and Jameson agree this no longer is a space for art These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute Debord The spectacle is a separate domain of existence that alienates us We are no longer historical agents to society Direct experiences and the determination of events by individuals are replaced by complacent passive acceptance of images by individuals All three Colonization causes us to not be historical agents Jameson Crary want hope for the future Debord the spectacle makes us think we are historical agents What does it mean to be a human being under all of these conditions Docile and cowardly society No artistic freedom Artists feel powerless dispossessed No artistic subjectivity Massive disposition of human activity We have a lot of property but we don t have anything of our own What we own is what we are we are dispossessed of agency and power over time Post Modernism in the Sphere of Art The persuasive understanding that the autonomy of the artist and artwork is no longer credible What was autonomy Of the artists expressive subjective inimitable no longer apply Of the art work Immanent normativity as we look at the work the only thing we have to look at is the work because it has and displays its own definition the piece tells you what you should get out of it Ex Use of the commodity readymade found objects non aesthetic spheres of the economy recycle images Torsion Giovanni Anselemo 1968 Iron Bar and Fabric Hybridity unevenness brilliant simple deigns to stress that all the things we are missing are seen in nature hand craft etc This picture adds power to human hand the twisted bar shows that humans are resisting machine and that individuals in a society can fight capitalism Debord and Godard 1 Detournement is the antithesis of quotation Debord 2 The Situationist Debord believes that Godard just quotes things he is part of the problem He is an agent of reification 3 Detournement vs Reification
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