- Adorno perceived this in terms of what he called the cutlure industry where the art is controlled and formulated by the needs of the market and given to a passive population which accepts it. He claimed that kitsch is parody of catharis and a parody of aesthetic experience.
- Broch called kitsch "the evil within the value-system of art"—that is, if true art is "good", kitsch is "evil".
- This position is adopted by both defenders of modernism such as Clement Greenberg as well as radical opponents of modernism such as Félix Guattari, who calls it modernism's "last gasp".
Wednesday, 20 July 2011
How has the word 'Post Modern' been used by different 'theorists'
Theodor Adorno, Hermann Broch and Clement Greenberg all used Kitsch art
Wednesday, 13 July 2011
Lady Gaga - Telephone ft. Beyoncé
Lady Gaga's video Telephone featuring Beyonce
This song I think is more like a mini film. We see a beginning and end. Again her outfits are even more outragous like her glasses which are made out of cigaretts.
Lady Gaga - Just Dance ft. Colby O'Donis
Lady Gaga's video Just Dance.
This is one Gaga's first videos which made her popular. I think we can see from from this video everything is a bit crazy especially Gaga. Her dress sense is very different and unique. I think this video brought her into the pop world and made her popular.
Sunday, 10 July 2011
Lady Gaga
Real name: Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta
Genre of Music: Pop-Dance
Inspired by: Madonna, Elton John, Michael Jackson
Biggest Hits: Born This Way, Bad Romace, Telephone and Alejandro.
Gaga started off singing in local bars and clubs in New York City. She got her name from the Queens well know song Radio GaGa.
Her career lifted and she made her first big album Fame Monster in 2008. Gaga also had a very Unique sense of style and soon became a style icon. She concentrates her outfits on art for example the raw meat she wore to one of the awards ceromony. Her focus was human rights but instead it caused some havok and some people saw it as disrespectful.
Genre of Music: Pop-Dance
Inspired by: Madonna, Elton John, Michael Jackson
Biggest Hits: Born This Way, Bad Romace, Telephone and Alejandro.
Gaga started off singing in local bars and clubs in New York City. She got her name from the Queens well know song Radio GaGa.
Her career lifted and she made her first big album Fame Monster in 2008. Gaga also had a very Unique sense of style and soon became a style icon. She concentrates her outfits on art for example the raw meat she wore to one of the awards ceromony. Her focus was human rights but instead it caused some havok and some people saw it as disrespectful.
Genre Music Video Analysis
Genre is content, sound and image. It also links with Strucure like the lyrics and style. Also genre catogories dictate textual characteristics
Genre and Representation
Genre
Race
Stardom
Tend to reinforce domiance
Narrative structure
Place and role of artist
Function like a mini film (Eminem-Stan)
Artist as character of narrative
Chorus can dictate visuals-Repitition
Anaylysis of Eminems video Stan
Genre and Representation
Genre
Race
Stardom
Tend to reinforce domiance
- Hegemonic values
- Audience
- Musical genres create audiences expectations
- Mode of Address
Narrative structure
Place and role of artist
Function like a mini film (Eminem-Stan)
Artist as character of narrative
Chorus can dictate visuals-Repitition
Anaylysis of Eminems video Stan
- Looks like a mini film.
- Chorus always go back to Didos lyrics. Shows her as the victim-Feminist.
- Mix of genres-rap and romantic ballad
- Looks like a horror film (heavy rain, lightening, mirror shot)
- Shows Eminems stardom. Video potrays him as sensible and a good person
- 'Your picture on my wall' lyrics in song. Potrays Stan like he is obsessed with his idol and not his own lover.
- Diegetic sound (screaming, weather)
- Although Eminem is shows as a good person, he seems a little homophobic.
Monday, 4 July 2011
Adele Rollin' in the Deep
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYEDA3JcQqw
Adele's Rollin' in the Deep video shows Adele sitting in a chair where there are lots of different things going on around her for a example someone throwing plates at a wall, a person dancing and karatying through white powder. From Adele's body language she gives us the feeling she is angry and frustrated by waving her arms around and in someways shouting the lyrics She is wearing a all black outfit; this could be a connotation of mourning and negativity. When we see the part of the video where there is thousands glasses of water. The sound of the drums gives the water a rippling affect. When we see the person dancing in the powder it looks fanatasing because of all the powder just floating around the room. We then see the plates being thrown accross a room. Again there is lots and lots of broken plates, mugs and bowls. This empahasises the agressiveness of the video.
The video is set in what looks like a abandoned house. The walls look like they have ancient pictures painted on them. Because some walls are being covered by plastic coverings it could be a sign of change. Next we see close ups of a man playing the dums. When we see him playing the drums it gives a better effect on the music and makes it more clear. All the different cuts in the video makes everything more in rythm because the music also gets faster. The shots we see from Adele become more snappy and she seems to become more frustrated as the video goes on especially as she repeates the words 'we could of had it all'. Lastly a replica of what seems to be a city made out of card board boxes is slowly put into flames because of the sparks. This may represent what Adele could of had and what it is now.
Adele's Rollin' in the Deep video shows Adele sitting in a chair where there are lots of different things going on around her for a example someone throwing plates at a wall, a person dancing and karatying through white powder. From Adele's body language she gives us the feeling she is angry and frustrated by waving her arms around and in someways shouting the lyrics She is wearing a all black outfit; this could be a connotation of mourning and negativity. When we see the part of the video where there is thousands glasses of water. The sound of the drums gives the water a rippling affect. When we see the person dancing in the powder it looks fanatasing because of all the powder just floating around the room. We then see the plates being thrown accross a room. Again there is lots and lots of broken plates, mugs and bowls. This empahasises the agressiveness of the video.
The video is set in what looks like a abandoned house. The walls look like they have ancient pictures painted on them. Because some walls are being covered by plastic coverings it could be a sign of change. Next we see close ups of a man playing the dums. When we see him playing the drums it gives a better effect on the music and makes it more clear. All the different cuts in the video makes everything more in rythm because the music also gets faster. The shots we see from Adele become more snappy and she seems to become more frustrated as the video goes on especially as she repeates the words 'we could of had it all'. Lastly a replica of what seems to be a city made out of card board boxes is slowly put into flames because of the sparks. This may represent what Adele could of had and what it is now.
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