Marcel Duchamp, Etant donn?©s: 1¬? la chute d’eau / 2¬? le gas d’?©clairage, 1946-66
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2006 Artist of the month – 3
As you may begin to notice, the 2006 Artist of the Month competition is just an excuse for me to think and write about an artist every month. And, as such, there are no rules about who I may chose: they may be from any corner of the world, using any medium, old or new, [...]
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Second Entry on Psychoanalysis
Even if it may sound predictable to Mr Evans, the best words for describing how I feel after reading his paper From Lacan to Darwin are saddened and shocked. You may remember from my First entry on Psychoanalysis that I thought his reference book, ‘Introductory Dictionary of Lacanian Psychoanalysis’, apart from being incredibly well written, [...]
Yulia Tymoshenko
With thanks to Al for the pictures and the introduction. The image of former Ukranian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, certainly feels like finding a palm tree in the desert. With her hair (which she had to demonstrate was real), her symetric face and her dress sense, she breaks the continuum of political / parlamentary life. [...]
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The First Entry on Psychoanalyis
I find that, in order to read and understand psychoanalysis, one needs to dispense of normal processing modes and adopt a different way of understanding. The only other time when I have been faced with a similar intellectual proposition has been during my second attempt at reading JoyceÄôs Ulysses. Psychoanalysis works in associative ways, in [...]
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Visual Update
My desk, this morning My files My insipid attempts at undertanding Lacanian theory through explaining the Schemata to myself
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