Œuvre d'art public
ICONOCLASH : NIGHT OF AWE DANCE PARTY
Artwork creator(s):
Shiff, Melissa
Text author(s):
Shiff, Melissa
Installation year:
2007
Remarks on location:
B7 sur la carte de visite de l’événement (zone B, exposition numéro 7). Niveau Grange Road. Située à l’extrémité nord du parc.
Description:
Projection multimédia d'image, de musique. Les gens sont projetés sur l'écran avec des animations.
Text of the artwork:
The monotheistic god of the second commandment plumps for abstraction so that He can demand a new discipline to be enforced on His subjects alone- The paradoxical result Is not NO image It is instead the image of abstraction that is to be produced. Caroline Jones Making Abs […] -- MY CULTURE IS YOUR FETIS[H] -- […] residing […] of a cow […] -- «come worship ye the Golden god of pleasure! [for he is] of Israel -- The term "idol" in the western context has always been used to refer to deities in pagan religions. In "idolatry" the agency of the person is thought to be displaced, irrationally, into the agency of the thing. But in polytheistic traditions, the deity is not a thing : the image, icon, or representation Is animated by the […] -- For Judaism, The desire to index Divinity With the Golden Calf Can be viewed as an ethical […]
Text theme:
Judaïsme, tensions religieuses, idolâtrie
Artwork theme:
Judaïsme, tensions religieuses, idolâtrie
Artist's biography:
Shiff, Melissa Document(s):
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