Monday, May 12, 2008

Mieke Bal

In Tradition, Bal claims there is an empowerment that comes from engagement with art, provided it is performative. My question would be how she would understand something like Youtube, which provides a platform for engagement and counter-performativity (ie comments, video responses)

In Telling, Showing, Showing Off, Bal argues that Museums are presented through the lenses of Westernized Society, repressing all others. How does one weigh the pragmatic concerns of serving the audience, while formulating a display that might not be understandable under the ethnocentric viewpoint of the audience?

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