Background for this post is here, rest of the series is here. REPRESENTATION (Image: http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2013/oct/02/portrait-of-an-enigma-diego-velazquez-las-meninas) CONCEPT: REPRESENTATION The image of an idea or thing. At its most basic, representation means two things: (i) creating something that can stand for another thing—this is the sense in which a metaphor, to give only one example, is a…More
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CACS Case studies: Myth
Background for this post is here, rest of the series is here. MYTH (Image: http://www.djspooky.com/photos/djspooky_rebirth.html) This week we extend our discussion of Benjamin to think about the way contemporary art remixes the old and new. We think about how remix functions in globalised contemporary digital and social media contexts. We ask what kinds of myths…More
Case study blurbs: thinking about creativity within a interdisciplinary framework
Spider web by spider on caffeine (http://www.trinity.edu/jdunn/spiderdrugs.htm) I’ve been teaching a first year theory subject with Dr Susan Ballard for a few years called Contemporary Creative Practice, we call is CACS (the subject code). It’s a compulsory core subject, for all creative arts students at University of Wollongong and aims to give a strong foundation…More
What I’m working on right now
I have come down with something. A virus? Bacterial infection? Biological warfare? Whatever it is, it is hurting my brain. Today and tomorrow are rock solid writing days and I cannot use the snot-spew explosion to get out of work. I am reasonably certain that any words that come out today will need to be…More
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