The Aesthetics of Neutrality, or Escape from the Identical
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| Publication date | 2015 |
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| Book title | ESCAPE! Strategien des Entkommens |
| Book subtitle | Forschungstagung des tfm Institut für Theater-, Film- und Medienwissenschaft der Universität Wien |
| Event | Escape – Strategien des Entkommens |
| Number of pages | 17 |
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| Abstract | The functional reduction of language to transparent communication manifests itself in the often violent cultural conflicts in contemporary geopolitics. Deploying Roland Barthes' notion of "the neutral" through analyses of three artistic projects, an "aesthetics of neutrality" is figured as a counter-strategy which escapes linguistic clarity. The aesthetics of neutrality is both a cultural strategy and a political intervention that helps forge figurations which escape identitarian logic while emphasizing troublingly productive forms of being-in-relation. |
| Document type | Conference contribution |
| Language | English |
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https://escape.univie.ac.at/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dasgupta-escape.pdf
(Final published version)
https://escape.univie.ac.at/the-aesthetics-of-neutrality/
(Final published version)
https://www.academia.edu/13582060/The_Aesthetics_of_Neutrality_or_Escape_from_the_Identical
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