RHETOR 20 Lecture 25: R20 Lecture 25 04.20.2017
Document Summary
Idea of art and abstraction - art distances through abstraction. But there is a positive ethical value in artwork by providing a space of reflection, paradoxically of inaction. The eyes of gutete emerita - alfredo jaar. Jarr wants us to reflect on the experience of the war. First thing exposed to is the text - ends with i remember her eyes. Eyes come onto the screen in a flash and then disappears different way of seeing them. An attempt to engineer affect - manipulating photography so there is a novel, Even when photographers do this they manipulate the presentation of the images for the benefit of the viewer. Museums has become a site for photographers who are ethical to find and produce new value. And journalism which can be a good site of ethics has become inundated with fake news, clickbait etc. Poses question to us as viewers: where to go to get ethics of seeing.
