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Unit 8 Essay – Predicting the Future: A Small Anthology of Walter Benjamin

This units essay was heavily inspired by the Year 1 Seminars on Walter Benjamin that I participated in at the beginning of this term. Although I had already read his work and aware of his ideas, these seminars (conducted by Paul O’Kane) really allowed me to dissect Benjamin’s ideas in a group forum as I felt that I… Continue reading Unit 8 Essay – Predicting the Future: A Small Anthology of Walter Benjamin

Walter Benjamin Seminar – Extra Reading

Walter Benjamin –  Further Reading: Introducing Walter Benjamin / Howard Caygill, Alex Coles & Andrezej Klimowski.by Caygill, Howard [author.]; Coles, Alex [author.]; Klimowski, Andrzej [author.]. Series: Introducing: Publisher: London Icon Books, 2014.Description: 176 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm.ISBN: 1848316925; 9781848316928. Walter Benjamin’s passages / Pierre Missac; translated by Shierry Weber Nicholson. by Missac, Pierre, -1986. Series:… Continue reading Walter Benjamin Seminar – Extra Reading

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Walter Benjamin Seminar – 29.02.16

O’Kane’s Blog Extract: in reference to Girlhood (2014/15, Céline Sciamma) The Storytller: ‘Reflections on the works of Nikolai Leskov’ Key Points: Loss beings ew value to the object being diminishes Line of Progress Storytelling vs. Novel vs. Information vs. Fairytales – a reflection of societal changes Information – Fairytales – the idea of ‘Fact’ Information… Continue reading Walter Benjamin Seminar – 29.02.16

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Walter Benjamin Seminar – 22.02.16

A comprehensive analysis of specific passages of the unfinished Arcades Project with particular attention to the architectural aspects of Paris. Extended Talking Points: God is dead – Friedrich Nietzsche https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_is_dead https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deicide The widely quoted statement by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, it first appears in Nietzsche’s 1882 collection The Gay Science (AKA “The Science of Joy”) However, It is most famously associated with Nietzsche’s… Continue reading Walter Benjamin Seminar – 22.02.16

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Walter Benjamin Seminar – 08.02.16

A comprehensive group analysis of ‘ Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction (1936) and ‘Thesis on  the Philosophy of History’.

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Walter Benjamin Seminar – 01.02.16

Analogy of the flooring in A Block Benjamin as a seer – superstitious term (can he see into the future?) Traces of the past in objects of the present ***Infinite significance Any moment or object of historical significance ***Aphorisms or Maxims as an example of Benjamin’s later work (numbered paragraphs) as speculations or theories on… Continue reading Walter Benjamin Seminar – 01.02.16

Uncreative Workshop Critique

…on presentation of Selfie Series Image from audio Will it ever exists as a Digital Photograph? Our attraction to the human face is endless Lighting and Expression is incredibly engaging Authentic presentation of self Authenticity of materials – what the feeling that one will ascribe to the express; which is very enigmatic and could range from confusion, anger, arrogance remains… Continue reading Uncreative Workshop Critique

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Uncreative Practise Workshop | Theoretical Research

Arnaud Desjardin The Book on Books on Artists Books (2013) The Book on Books on Artists’ Books is a bibliography of books, pamphlets and catalogues on artists’ books. It takes stock of a wide variety of publications on artists’ books since the early 1970s to draw attention to the kind of documentary trace of distribution,… Continue reading Uncreative Practise Workshop | Theoretical Research

Large Glass Gallery| Arnaud Desjardins: ‘Don’t Forget!’

Uncreative Practise: Week 3 I enjoyed the simplicity of the works house within the Large Glass Gallery. There was a very homemade feel to the works that celebrate themselves as what they are: somebody else’s I particularly enjoyed the drawings and their presentation. Used and unfolded, they were scraps, stuff, but still works of art in… Continue reading Large Glass Gallery| Arnaud Desjardins: ‘Don’t Forget!’

Serpentine Sackler Gallery| Rachel Rose: Palisades

As a part of my Uncreative Practise Workshop we went offsite to the Serpentine Sackler Gallery to visit the Rachel Rose Exhibition: Palisades Palisades meaning:  forming an enclosure or defence American artist and winner of the 2015 Frieze Artist Award, Rachel Rose discusses visual and sound techniques in which her works engage with appropriation, collage and memory recall,… Continue reading Serpentine Sackler Gallery| Rachel Rose: Palisades

ToP Workshops: Uncreative Practise

AIM: In this workshop we will look at extended notions of art practice within contexts not traditionally seen as fine art. The title of the workshop itself comes from Kenneth Goldsmith’s book Uncreative Writing, an artist turned writer who founded and runs the website Ubu.com. We will explore appropriation within practice, leading to archiving and… Continue reading ToP Workshops: Uncreative Practise