A Series of Series Öffentlichkeit
Levine, Julie Ann (2012)
Abstract
Writers and artists like Andy Warhol and Susan Sontag have
suggested that repetition
leads to desensitization, that if one witnesses the same images and
ideas over and over, they are
subject to losing their novelty. Although I agree there is validity
to this claim, is there also
something more mystical to the idea of repetition? This collection
explores the question at hand,
creating a narrative out of a series of pairs, each of which
touches upon repeated images, ideas,
words and phrases that are manifested in the life of the speaker,
art, myth, and a more fantasy-
based, metaphorical world. Over the course of the collection, I
have delved into concepts such as
death, destruction, love, fears, impulses, desires and creation,
since these demonstrate those
repetitive facets of human existence that are universal and
therefore some of the most present.
Through a seamless interplay of repetition between these pairs, the
poems serve to blur the lines
that exist between art, dream and reality. In turn, they suggest
that the omnipresent nature of
repetition across time and space has the power to render a feeling
of entrapment, and therefore,
to a certain degree, a heightened sensitivity rather than a
desensitization. Thus, as a whole, the
collection aims to ask a more overarching question: in the quest to
free oneself from the
repetitive patterns of existence, where might a person find
solace?
Table of Contents
Warhol's Green Car Crash Sells for a Record $71.7 Mil at Christie's Auction 1
A Series of SeriesCaving, Budapest 3 Baggage 4
The Persistence of Memory, Salvador Dalí 5
Hospital Recovery, Frida Kahlo 6 Distance 7 At Sea 8 Vagabond 9 Education 10 Lascaux Caves 11 Erased de Kooning 12 Deposition 13 Windsor Castle 14 Hero Considering Leander 15 View from Trevi Fountain 16 Dachau 17 Ghost 18 Blessed 19 An attempt to coat a void 20 Darkroom 21 Aphasia 22A Bar at the Folies-Bergère, Édouard Manet 23
Girl Before a Mirror, Pablo Picasso 25 I tried to scream 27 Homage to Succubus 28 Blackjack 29 Creation 30About this Honors Thesis
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