tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068754418758034285.post3028020254094210227..comments2022-11-15T04:06:30.894-08:00Comments on Rajvinder Dhillon CG Arts and Animation: SeminarRdhillonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14405732811477215602noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068754418758034285.post-80818583969935621562009-11-20T14:35:12.678-08:002009-11-20T14:35:12.678-08:00Hi Raj,
Good to see you getting to grips with ...Hi Raj,<br /><br />Good to see you getting to grips with 'Po-Mo' - but I still detect some confusion; Duchamp's Urinal fits into the po-mo debate because, for some, it represents an 'indeterminate' - or an 'aporia' - that is, something that cannot be decided. (I.e. is it art or is it a urinal? The truth cannot, finally be decided). Postmodern practice is a fan of 'aporias' because indeterminate ideas 'problematize' our relationship to the 'fixed view' of the world and our role within it (Postmodernism, remember, is suspicious of fixed or closed categories or ideas that seek to be 'truthful' - because the 'truth' is an individual fiction - therefore, to keep an idea 'in play' - to stop it being an 'either/or' - is seen by postmodernists as being more 'truthful', that is, more representative of 'how the world REALLY is'). Mulholland Drive is an 'aporia' too - a film that WON"T confirm it's own narrative or genre, preferring instead to 'keep things in play'...<br /><br />Put very simply, Postmodernism likes things to be open and ambiguous, as opposed to closed and definitive...tutorphilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11842833126210822641noreply@blogger.com