Malaised
Miserable Ramblings about Art and the Contemporary Malaise
Friday, 28 February 2020
Doing Art Politically (A Summary)
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In 2008, in a talk at the Royal Academy of Arts (London), Thomas Hirschhorn outlined a thesis for "Doing Art Politically". In it, ...
Tuesday, 11 February 2020
Why Leaving the EU is not Inherently Racist
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It is almost four years now since Britain voted to leave the European Union. The UK remains divided and so called "remoaners" cont...
Monday, 11 November 2019
Why people are unemployed?
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Some see the unemployed as lazy, entitled, scroungers who take without putting into the system. This post looks at why people are unemploye...
Tuesday, 5 November 2019
Lacan's Gaze: A Summary
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To contribute to this post, or challenge malaised's summary, please leave a comment. How can an object gaze back at a subject? Clearl...
Monday, 28 October 2019
Umberto Eco on Interpretation and Over-interpretation: A Summary
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To add to this article, or to challenge Malaised's account of the text, please leave a comment below. Overview In 1990, Umberto E...
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Sunday, 15 September 2019
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (or the narcissism of Caractacus Potts)
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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a film about a father of two young children whose mother has died. The father, Caractacus Pott, (Dick...
Thursday, 1 August 2019
Steam Punk & Colonial Nostalgia
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Asylum Steampunk Festival (Lincoln 2019) If you walk around the streets of Lincoln during the annual Asylum Steampunk Festival (...
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