Narrating the Catastrophe: An Artist's Dialogue with Deleuze and Ricoeur by Jac

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Features a collaboration between contemporary art and critical discourse, which guides the reader through unfamiliar textual landscapes, 'lost worlds' of the text, where Being is defined as act rather than form. This title explores the relation between fine art practice and philosophy.

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An extraordinary collaboration between contemporary art and critical discourse, Narrating the Catastrophe guides readers through unfamiliar textual landscapes where "being" is defined as an act rather than a form. Drawing on Paul Ricoeur's notion of intersubjective narrative identity as well as the catastrophe theory of Gilles Deleuze, Jac Saorsa establishes an alternative perspective from which to interpret and engage with the world around us. A highly original—and visually appealing—take on a high-profile issue in contemporary critical debate, this book will appeal to all those interested in visual arts and philosophy.

Author Biography

Dr Jac Saorsa is a visual artist and writer. She holds an MPhil in Philosophy from Glasgow University, and a PhD in Contemporary Drawing Practice from Loughborough University. For the past decade, she has taught in universities in Costa Rica and in Cyprus, and has presented her work internationally at exhibitions, conferences, and seminars.

Table of Contents

Preface Chapter 1: Act and Form Introduction: first words – The journey begins – A meaningful psychosis – What is philosophy? – What is art? – The nature of the concept – The concept visualised – What is science? The pre-eminence of the rhizome over the metaphor – Root, stem and rhizome – 1st Articulation – The rhizome as a conceptual construct: map and tracing2nd Articulation: Interpreting Process in the Flux: The Return of Professor Challenger Chapter 2: Lost Worlds, Unfamiliar Landscapes: Conceptualising the Text The Text and the 'Other' – Language – Hermeneutics – Edmund Husserl (1859–1938) – Martin Heidegger (1889–1976) – Hermeneutics and Visual Understanding Hans George Gadamer (1900–2002) – Paul Ricoeur (1913–2005)3rd Articulation: The Dance of the Metaphor Chapter 3: Language and the Line: The Geometrical Abstract Line of Becoming Drawing on Conversation: Introduction – The relevance and irrelevance of language – Textual bilingualism – Interlanguage – Structure and the interpretation of the text – Depth – From looking to seeing: Alice and the architectural illusion – Narrative identity and 'The Idiot'Chapter 4: Drawing Out Deleuze Documenting the Stone: The artist's voice – Practice and process: i: a passion for the line – ii: process and its histories – iii: the phenomenographical stone – iv: the drawing act – v: time, movement, becoming, cause, effect and 'confatalia' – The shift: structure to figuration.4th Articulation: Mapping the MarkChapter 5: The 'Appleyness' of the Apple: On Cézanne and the Figure Head: Revisiting the shift: from figuration towards structure – Sensation – Love in twodimensions – Superficial anatomy – Anatomical architecture – The consequence of the heart – Autoethnography: the echoing artist's voiceChapter 6: Ageless Children and Amputees Amputee: In the valley of interpretation – An artist for scientists, a scientist for artists – Reflexion, interpretation appropriation – Reflexive philosophy, narrative identity and the teleological context – Time, self, and appropriation beyond narrative – Representation, figuration and the figure: a folded text5th Articulation: Bony Landmarks Chapter 7: Circling the Figure The Dyer Drawing: Circling the Figure (Author's note) – Introduction – The Dyer drawing and the drawing act – John Deakin – Deakin and Muybridge: subject, object, form, function – Moving towards sensation – Practice: through which the child becomes the man – An autoethnographic account – The 'Diagram' – The 'Catastrophe' – Rhythm – The Body Without Organs – Exit the artistChapter 8: Figuring the Circle: The Final RefrainIntroduction – The hermeneutic circle – The Deleuzean 'Refrain' – Shadows of the Self and the eternal paradox: The autoethnographic trap – Last words – The interpretive journey of Narrating the Catastrophe

Details ISBN1841504602 Author Jac Saorsa ISBN-10 1841504602 ISBN-13 9781841504605 Format Hardcover Imprint Intellect Books Place of Publication Bristol Country of Publication United Kingdom Short Title NARRATING THE CATASTROPHE Language English Media Book Illustrations black & white illustrations, figures DEWEY 701 Pages 222 Year 2011 Publication Date 2011-12-15 AU Release Date 2011-12-15 NZ Release Date 2011-12-15 UK Release Date 2011-12-15 Subtitle An Artist's Dialogue with Deleuze and Ricoeur Audience Professional & Vocational Publisher Intellect We've got this

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