{"id":282,"date":"2020-08-08T06:17:11","date_gmt":"2020-08-08T13:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/virtualkoerners\/?p=282"},"modified":"2020-08-22T23:58:30","modified_gmt":"2020-08-23T06:58:30","slug":"august-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/virtualkoerners\/august-12\/","title":{"rendered":"August 12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/virtualkoerners\/files\/2020\/08\/judith-butler-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/virtualkoerners\/files\/2020\/08\/judith-butler-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/virtualkoerners\/files\/2020\/08\/judith-butler-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Thanks to everyone who took part in this week\u2019s discussion of Cort\u00e1zar\u2019s \u201cLas babas del diablo\u201d and Antonioni\u2019s <em>Blow-Up<\/em>. It was both productive and fun, I felt. We touched on a lot of topics: representation, violence, gender, subjectivity, machines, objectification\u2026  Personally, I remain haunted by the movie\u2019s final scene, the invisible tennis ball, the man lost in the park with his camera on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>We also have two recent blog posts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>From Ricardo, <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/virtualkoerners\/soplar-arriba-una-linea-de-fuga-hacia-la-tierra-del-cuento-a-la-fotografia-y-luego-al-cine-y-viceversa\/\n\">on Cort\u00e1zar and Antonioni<\/a>. His conclusion: &#8220;Si el arte tiene un lugar en la sociedad capitalista, no es s\u00f3lo el de bombear agua fuera de la nave que se hunde, sino el de dejar de apuntar a las nubes para emprender la l\u00ednea de fuga ya no hacia el cielo, sino hacia la inmensidad de la tierra.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>From George, <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/virtualkoerners\/foolish-addendum\/\">on Sztulwark and <em>Mundo gr\u00faa<\/em><\/a>. His question: &#8220;To what degree is Sztulwark\u2019s redemptive reader-bricoleur, friend a venir (etc.) colored by the fantasy of disjunction and the reaction against neoliberal injunctions?&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Meanwhile, our conversation with Sztulwark is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TQ3fwgfb_nA&#038;t=1382s\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">on YouTube<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>And we are hoping to publish an edited version of that conversation. If you would like to help with the transcription and editing, please be in touch.<\/p>\n<p>This week, we continue with the cycle of readings that will lead up to a visit from the Venezuelan photographer, Nelson Garrido. This cycle is organized by Mar\u00eda Julieta Cordero. This is a series that deals with photography and the representation of violence, among other issues.<\/p>\n<p>We have two readings, one primary, the other secondary or optional:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Judith Butler, <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/virtualkoerners\/files\/2020\/08\/Judith-Butler-Torture-and-the-ethics-of-photography.pdf\">&#8220;Torture and the Ethics of Photography<\/a> (Primary)<\/li>\n<li>Robert Appelbaum, <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/virtualkoerners\/files\/2020\/08\/Robert-Appelbaum-Notes-Toward-an-Aesthetics-of-Violence.pdf\">\u201cNotes on the Aesthetics of Violence\u201d<\/a> (Optional, if you have the time and\/or inclination)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We will meet on Wednesday, August 12, from 4pm Pacific. If you only have time to read the story (or only have time to watch the film), that is of course fine.<\/p>\n<p>All this will take place on Zoom, of course. Because it\u2019s 2020. Please note that we have a new link for our meetings.<\/p>\n<p>As always, however, feel free to join us later in the evening (from around 5:30pm onwards), without any expectation of having read the text or seen the movie, and drink in hand if you so wish, for a more social check in.<\/p>\n<p>Also as always, please do feel free to invite others (whether they are in Vancouver or not) to join us. Virtual Koerner\u2019s is fully in Phase Four of lockdown, and we are delighted to see our \u201cbubble\u201d continuing to expand. If anyone wants to be added to the list, they can be in touch with me.<\/p>\n<p>And again, we very much welcome and invite suggestions of texts, speakers, discussion topics, and so on. We especially welcome a) texts written by VK participants (short texts can be posted to <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/virtualkoerners\/category\/blog\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">our blog<\/a>), and b) suggestions for linked \u201ccycles\u201d of sessions that might, like Mar\u00eda Julieta&#8217;s current cycle, include different kinds of texts on a common theme.<\/p>\n<p>You will hear information about subsequent meetings very shortly.<\/p>\n<p>We look forward to seeing you this week.<\/p>\n<p>Take care, stay alert, don\u2019t panic, wear a mask, be kind, keep calm, and carry on<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to everyone who took part in this week\u2019s discussion of Cort\u00e1zar\u2019s \u201cLas babas del diablo\u201d and Antonioni\u2019s Blow-Up. It was both productive and fun, I felt. We touched on a lot of topics: representation, violence, gender, subjectivity, machines, objectification\u2026 Personally, I remain haunted by the movie\u2019s final scene, the invisible tennis ball, the man &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/virtualkoerners\/august-12\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;August 12&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[30],"class_list":["post-282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-seminars","tag-photography"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/virtualkoerners\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/virtualkoerners\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/virtualkoerners\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/virtualkoerners\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/virtualkoerners\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/virtualkoerners\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":286,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/virtualkoerners\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282\/revisions\/286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/virtualkoerners\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/virtualkoerners\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/virtualkoerners\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}