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ImplicitMeanings
Metaphor
and
Symbol
MichalRovnerByLindaWeintraub
in
In
the
Making:
Creative
Options
for
Contemporary
Art(page44 51)
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Pg44
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Pg44
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(*page48last2ndpara)
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summaries
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Videoinstallation:
Mutual
Interest
utilizesmetaphorsandsymbolstocommunicatecomplex
ideas
and
mixed
perspectives. Whymetaphorsandsymbols?
toexpand(towidenthescope)significance
augment(to
increase
and
enlarge)
meaning
toembody(include)opposingtruth
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But
metaphors
and
symbols
only
accomplish
these
taskswhenmembersoftheaudienceinterpretthem
Rovners useof
metaphors
and
symbols
instead
ofstraightforwardrepresentationsallows
viewersto
become
engaged
in
the
searching
of
otherpossiblemeaningsthatisbeyondthefirst
impressiontheworkgave.
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Whatisrepresentation
Isitaduplicateofanoriginal?
re
implies
that
the
subject
is
created
in
new
form. Similaritiesanddifferencesinrepresentationsareequally
apparent.
Oneof
the
remarkable
attributes
of
artistic
representationisthatthesubjectoftheworkofartmaybedifferentfromthesubjectoftherepresentation.
Example?
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Impactofmetaphoricalrepresentationon
viewers: Artobserversaregiventhetasktosearchfor
meaningsthat
are
obscured
by
metaphors
and
camouflagedassymbols.
An
audience
is
given
his/her
responsibility
he/sheisnotapassivereceiverofmeaningbut
activeinterpreter.
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3levelsofseeingmetaphorsWeintraub
providesthrough
Rovners
work:
1. Whenrepresentationsexpressesemotionalstatesoftheartist.
2. Conveyanceof
possible
political
circumstances.
3. Transcendingthe
specific
(artists
subjective
mind/emotion,political/socialconcerns)to
arriveatuniversalconditions.
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1.Expressionoftheartistsemotional
state.
Whatkind
of
emotion?
Fears?Enxieties?
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Thebirdsswirlaroundyouuntilyouaredizzy.I
usefour
microphones.
You
became
obliterated.
Rovnermanipulatesher
filmsjustas
sculptors
modelingclay
Sherespondsto
herexpressionist
impulses
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Meaningsandinterpretations
proliferates3functionsofrepresentationthroughmultipletransferenceofthebirdimages:
1. Providesopportunitiesforviewerstorelatetothework.
2. stagewhereappreciationisautomatic relaxes
viewers3. Viewersareleadintoanexpandedterritory
interpretationcomesin.
whatthings
have
in
common
makes
their
identity
ambiguous betweenstrangenessandfamiliarity.
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Photographyasamediumwithgreatexpressive
properties
for
Rovner.
thefirsttimeItookpicturesforaclassIwas
shockedthat
the
objects
didnt
look
the
way
they
didinreality,butlike myfeelings.
Resemblance
to
the
invisibles
in
representations.
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MutualInterestasexampleofexpressive
art. How?
Elements:overwhelming
scale
of
the
screen,
stark
andgrimcolourscheme,disorientingtempoin
birds
actions
from
frenzy
to
frozen,
cameras
interspersingandchaoticzoomsetc.
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Thethemehereisnotaboutbirds.Birdsarethe
vehicle,the
material,
the
point
of
departure.
This
film
isacommentonmyfeelings.Thingsareunstable,in
flux.Theygofromgoodtobadtogood.
Birdsexternalize internalstateofsomeone
possessedby
demented
force
or
suffering
from
hysteria.
Emotionalcharge
of
the
work
capable
of
generatingallkindsofsubjectiveresponses
fromaudiences.
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2.Conveyingpossiblepolitical
circumstances
through
further
metaphors.
How?
Disassociatingbirdfromitsusualmeaning.
Means:the
arbitrary
combination
of
helicopter
soundwithflockingbirds.
Thismeansasanexampleof:
1. Metaphorisimaginativeconstruct.
2. Metaphorisaproductoftheartistsconstantsearchformeaning.
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Rovnersbackground
IsraelilivingintheStateduringGulfwar.
Herexperienceofthewarthroughthetele
Metaphorsderivingfromherbackground:
Birdsas
human,
need
for
stable
territory
home
Thedriveofatinybirdtothatoftinynationfighting
Flockingbirds refugees
Etc. Whatwastheartistsownexplanationofthework?
(page48last2ndpara)
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Inthe2ndlevelviewersresponseinvolves
applicationof
imagination
and
intelligence.
Butisthisenoughtoaccountforthecomplexityof
thiswork?
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Theessenseofthings
Whatisit?
Why
is
important? theessenseislocatedinthehumancollective
unconscious,aremoteterritorythatmaybedifficultfor
people
to
access Issymbolusefulhere?
Symbolsconveysaspectsofrealitythatescapesordinary
centersof
perceptions
and
that
bypass
ordinary
modes
of
expression.
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JosephCampbellsstatement:
(Page492ndpara)
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symbols
Componentsofculturalinheritance
Donot
need
to
be
learned.
Oftenelicit(bringforth)rawimmediacyofan
emotion.
Thereforeittranscendstime,individualimagination,
andlanguage
E.g.
bird
arecurring
symbol
in
many
diff
cultures
of
similaranddifferentmeanings.
>finallytoarriveatuniversalcondition!
b d h f
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3.Goingbeyondthespecifictoarriveat
universalmeaning
traditionalsymbolismisingrainedinthehumanpsyche.
MutualInterest,bydepictingbirdsasmessengersof
turmoil,stripsthemoftheirageoldassociations.
weintraub
flyingbrings
to
mind
wings,
initiation,
getting
from
one
placetoanother.Tome,itsmoreaboutbeingtakenout
ofcontext,beingdetached.Itsaboutbeinginbetween,
aftertaking
off
and
before
landing
rovner
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Birds
Stirdeeprecessesofhumanpsycheinsteadofjoyfulelation
Rovner intendedtoconjureexperienceofchaos.
InfluenceofChinesephilosophy:fluxaspartof
everything. Rovner gobeyondtheconfinesofnormsinrational
thinkingtoarriveatsomethingmoreimpactful through
referencing
on
the
unpredictable
power
of
nature
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