The Creative Dimension of Visuality: On Merleau-Ponty and Castoriadis
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The Creative Dimension of Visuality : On Merleau-Ponty and Castoriadis. / Michelsen, Anders Ib.
Transvisuality. The Cultural Dimension of Visuality : The Cultural Dimension of Visuality (Volume 1): Boundaries and Creative Openings. ed. / Tore Kristensen; Anders Michelsen; Frauke Wiegand. 1. ed. Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2013. p. 104-113.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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TY - CHAP
T1 - The Creative Dimension of Visuality
T2 - On Merleau-Ponty and Castoriadis
AU - Michelsen, Anders Ib
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - This essay reflects critically on the notion of visuality, a centrepiece of current theory on visual culture and its underlying idea of a structural ‘discursive determination’ of visual phenomena. Is the visual really to be addressed through the post-war heritage of discourse and representation analysis relying on language/linguistics as a model for explaining culture? More specifically, how can the – creative – novelty of visual culture be addressed by a notion of discourse? This essay will argue that the debate on visual culture is lacking with regard to discerning the creative dimension of its own appearance. It will indicate an alternative conceptual framework based on Johann P. Arnason’s draft of tripartite culturalization which focuses on a shift from essences to dimensions of culture. This will be further developed by relating Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s idea of ‘chiasm’ of ‘the visible and the invisible’ to the notion of collective creativity and ‘the imaginary institution of society’ of Cornelius Castoriadis. In the theoretical relationship between Merleau-Ponty and Castoriadis it is possible to indicate a notion of visuality as a creative dimension.
AB - This essay reflects critically on the notion of visuality, a centrepiece of current theory on visual culture and its underlying idea of a structural ‘discursive determination’ of visual phenomena. Is the visual really to be addressed through the post-war heritage of discourse and representation analysis relying on language/linguistics as a model for explaining culture? More specifically, how can the – creative – novelty of visual culture be addressed by a notion of discourse? This essay will argue that the debate on visual culture is lacking with regard to discerning the creative dimension of its own appearance. It will indicate an alternative conceptual framework based on Johann P. Arnason’s draft of tripartite culturalization which focuses on a shift from essences to dimensions of culture. This will be further developed by relating Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s idea of ‘chiasm’ of ‘the visible and the invisible’ to the notion of collective creativity and ‘the imaginary institution of society’ of Cornelius Castoriadis. In the theoretical relationship between Merleau-Ponty and Castoriadis it is possible to indicate a notion of visuality as a creative dimension.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - Merleau-Ponty, Maurice
KW - Castoriadis (Cornelius)
KW - visuality
M3 - Book chapter
SN - 9781846318917
SP - 104
EP - 113
BT - Transvisuality. The Cultural Dimension of Visuality
A2 - Kristensen, Tore
A2 - Michelsen, Anders
A2 - Wiegand, Frauke
PB - Liverpool University Press
CY - Liverpool
ER -
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