Some research from today...20-03-12

Here are some pictures of paintings by Magritte found in:

Hammacher, A.M (1995) Magrittte. Abradale Press/Harry N. Abrams, Inc

Rene Magritte is widely known for her use of surrealism.

This painting of a woman showing a man pictured within her outline has a great effect which i feel we can develop and experiment with using projection??

We all were intrigued by this one and this particualr painting triggered the dea of us creating face casts of each of us individually to experiment with? We could incorporate different projections?

Here's a couple of interesting/useful points from other reading taken from today.

Lacan's theory of dreams translated as pure jargen to me, it definitely requires another read. However I think I have understood at leats one thing about his theories. 'Literally 'the setting before the subject.' (2008:87) There's some educated schpiel leading up to this quote that leads me to believe that Lacan's theories differ from Freuds, as Freud's analysis surrounds sign and objects as signifiers. Lacan on the other hand, analyses the links and the overall setting.

Found in: Levine, Z.S. (2008) Lacan Reframed. I.B.Tauris & Co.Ltd: New York

Both Magritte's art and the art of Mike Kelley mostly centre around the body and displaying and referring to it in different "uncanny" ways.

Mike Kelley's work found in: Kelley, M. (2004) The Uncanny. Walther Konig.

As we've mentioned mirrors several times in our discussions, we haven't necessarily distinguished how these were to be used. Should we maybe consider using the mirrors with the audience and manipulate their reflection as an option?

'There is nothign more uncanny than seeing one's face accidentally in a mirror by moonlight. (Heinrich Heine).' (2003:187)

Royle, N. (2003) The Uncanny. Manchester University Press: UK