tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29676463.post8300593902867752650..comments2024-03-29T14:45:32.326+13:00Comments on The Imaginary Museum: Faith in FakesDr Jack Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01805945600952222957noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29676463.post-79570168909091450572011-02-18T16:40:25.737+13:002011-02-18T16:40:25.737+13:00I guess I'm incorrigibly literal-minded in suc...I guess I'm incorrigibly literal-minded in such matters. I suppose there <i>are</i> degrees of reality though, when you come to think of it: is there a (pre-existing) Thierry who's keen on filming things. Quite likely. Is there a monstrous "presence" called Mister Brain Wash. Well, yes, in a sense. Would there be if there'd never been a film? Probably not ...Dr Jack Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01805945600952222957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29676463.post-80267854074530732892011-02-18T13:44:26.652+13:002011-02-18T13:44:26.652+13:00Late comment: it never once occurred to me while ...Late comment: it never once occurred to me while watching that film that Mr Brainwash <i>could</i> be real.<br /><br />Approaching it as a character or figure (as you do here) rather than a piece of 'meta' art in itself (as I was obliged to) seems productive, though. I might have to go watch it again.Keleman Balivushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10296404117532963038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29676463.post-159789219178817092011-01-25T08:20:01.754+13:002011-01-25T08:20:01.754+13:00It's rather funny to think of the term "e...It's rather funny to think of the term "easy access" being applied to any process associated with the University - one of our professors, no less, characterised our own particular bureaucratic model as follows: "to call it Byzantine would be to oversimplify it considerably ..."<br /><br />I'll check out the essay, though. Thanks, Giovanni.Dr Jack Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01805945600952222957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29676463.post-2880411892522085452011-01-24T16:37:22.132+13:002011-01-24T16:37:22.132+13:00Also - citizen's editing, trash instead of pub...Also - citizen's editing, trash instead of publishing - "consensus", not "concensus".Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29676463.post-38348353598042392902011-01-24T16:36:34.957+13:002011-01-24T16:36:34.957+13:00Just last week I had occasion to reread Darren Tof...Just last week I had occasion to reread Darren Tofts' masterly essay on 'Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Terius' - without giving any of it away, it segues so well from your post. (It is paywalled <a href="http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/postmodern_culture/summary/v013/13.2tofts.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> but no doubt you'll have easy access via your university.)Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29676463.post-61916307081001436982011-01-14T08:44:16.838+13:002011-01-14T08:44:16.838+13:00I would imagine so. I haven't seen that partic...I would imagine so. I haven't seen that particular one, but that's his general style.Dr Jack Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01805945600952222957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29676463.post-66091356694031288832011-01-13T22:17:07.759+13:002011-01-13T22:17:07.759+13:00I must get it out on dvd. I think I saw a cool pho...I must get it out on dvd. I think I saw a cool photo of the Israel wall with ctrl+alt+dlt in huge letters. Was that Banksy?The Whiteboardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09715495357806106609noreply@blogger.com