DV 1101 Discourse week 4 020311 Tim Foster

DV 1101 Discourse week 4 – 02/03/11 Tim Foster & Sophie Barr

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“…as far as perception is concerned, writing and pictures, for instance, do not call upon the same type of consciousness” “…pictures, to be sure, are more imperative than writing, they impose meaning at one stroke, without analysing or diluting it…Pictures become a kind of writing as soon as they are meaningful…” (Barthes, 1957, p 113)

Signifier = SIGN Signified = Passion

Joseph Kosuth, 1965 One and Three Chairs

Victor Burgin, 1976 Today is the Tomorrow You Were Promised Yesterday

The early-morning mist dissolves. And the sun shines on the Pacific. You stand like Balboa the Conquistadore. On the cliff top. Among the last of the Monterey Cypress trees. The old whaler's hut is abandoned now. But whales still swim through the wild waves. Sea otters float on the calmer waters. Cracking abalone shells on their chests. Humming birds take nectar from the red hibiscus. Pelicans splash lazily in the surf. Wander down a winding path. Onto gentle sands. Ocean crystal clear. Sea anemones. Turquoise waters. Total immersion. Ecstasy.

John Smith Films Laure Prouvost

Further reading/resources • Barthes, R. (1957) Mythologies, Trans. Annette Lavers, London: Vintage, 1993 • http: //www. johnsmithfilms. com/ • http: //www. laureprouvost. com/ • http: //www. tate. org. uk/britain/exhibitions/artnow/laureprou vost/default. shtm • http: //tank. tv/