Monthly Archives: November 2014

Understanding Visual Culture- Exercise 26- Ecclesiastes misquoted

Posted on 26/11/2014 by kunsworthphotography

To begin with, we had to read and make notes on Jean Baudrillard’s “Simulacra and Simulations”. I found this quite a difficult text to understand as it was quite short and there wasn’t much to get in to. I then … Continue reading →

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Understanding Visual Culture- Exercise 25- Illusion only is sacred, truth profane

Posted on 19/11/2014 by kunsworthphotography

For this exercise we had to re-read Guy Debord’s “Separation Perfected” from the course reader, which we had read as put of exercise 10. Understanding Visual Culture- Part 2- The Society of the Spectacle It was then split into 2 parts. … Continue reading →

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Understanding Visual Culture- Assignment 4- Visualising the ‘other’

Posted on 15/11/2014 by kunsworthphotography

For this assignment we had to write a formal, academic essay about one or more of the topics covered in Part 4 – Looking and Subjectivity. We were asked to analyse and critique a piece of visual culture text i.e. … Continue reading →

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Understanding Visual Culture- Exercise 24- White

Posted on 08/11/2014 by kunsworthphotography

This exercise was based on an essay by Richard Dyer called White. We had to read and make notes on the essay. Within the essay 3 films were mentioned (Simba, Jezabel and Night of the Living Dead), we were asked to watch … Continue reading →

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