This is a Psychic City assignment both Kate G. and I came up with. Kate is working on translation and I\u2019m working on aesthetics and we thought about how to mix the two. I\u2019ve been thinking a lot about the illusion of art and ideology and how the ideological message in artworks can never posit themselves in any sort of \u201cpure\u201d form – this relates directly to attempting to understand the proposed “meaning” behind a work when translating. We\u2019ve discussed that these are two very similar mental processes.<\/p>\n
The Degenerate Art Exhibition in 1937 (hope y\u2019all read your German history books) showcased art which had been labeled as deviant, essentially. Our assignment is going to be finding a piece of art by one of the artists whose work was displayed at the exhibition and:<\/p>\n
1. Write a poem\/prose\/a short essay\/make a drawing translating your experience of the artwork.<\/p>\n
or<\/p>\n
2. If you feel that you don\u2019t know how to find any one of these artworks, find a piece of art which you find could be potentially deviant (if you believe in that sort of thing – if you don’t, pretend you do) and then do number one.<\/p>\n
A helpful link:<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.listal.com\/list\/degenerate-art<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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