The Skin of the Film
Intercultural Cinema, Embodiment,
and the Senses LAURA U. MARKSThe Skin ofthe File,
‘mimic the vision of on who hue suffered 0 mach that she nat
‘hind ral rm pectin, o whom mages occur inthe bil
{sto ass and then are ebsorbd by a anaes Forging.
ules: Mies
‘Tac pistols concave of towlee as something gina
‘ot on the model of vision bt theugh pial contact. Many of
tho sours fractile pistmology may be eared as ung ous,
omante, ordowrxight spac: tho Cabbie wanes af Wal
ter Benjamins thor of representation Hansen v7. Bude Mors
hh excising longing of ntropolgists fer ther altar
‘re of Knowing ay 9590 the lively exchange Bate Ta
tig 194. Seller 194, and Jays Deleuze anc Gata (7)
onli musings on naigton and ineet, viewed askanco by
‘neny sodemice th percsvedesentlism of faints who de-
tere frm of ropresenttion grounded i the body (ne Grose
‘98 itroducton,forareoinder My fort hereto describe form
‘of cna prevention based on he sng fuck may alo be
‘Suseptie to some ofthe rls {would ike o bap the
Erilqnes in mind bt held them in chak unl ter this chapter.
“Tcl plstemology invaves x rltlonaipto the weld of mi
‘nei compared 1 yma repesentaton. Mines rom the
Crook mies” agus one represents thing
‘yctng ket Mines thx frm of representation base ona
tcl, mal cotit at particlar moment, sucha that b=
{ween chi a play snd an airplane (Benjamin x76). moth and
the ack of to (Gil 1984). ata Songay sorcerer and pi
(Stoller 198) Mies, in wich one cll up the presence of he
‘ter materi a nde rather han cone ation of imi)
Tan: Arording to Bech Avrbach (959)-mimesis equi
pear in Alte. Although Delauze and the philosophers pea
whom his cinema theory is based, Bergson aid Pies, do note
‘term mimesis, ts que consistent with al ee cnewptons of
‘the reltonship wou the word and the sign othe nage ike
memory in Boga’ theory. nimese i mada by the bad. At
ures smite presumes acomtnium between mo ima
sign and moresybolic signs, mimesis presumes oatinsam be
‘ween the actly ofthe word and he proc sg about
‘hat work This excursion ato inereasigly by forms of p=
entation ths cansstent withthe toro of ropesetatin ad
memory with wich I bpen.
Mimeticreprnentaton then, exes ona cootauum with more
symbolic forms of representation. a thee pe em the
yi epresenfation characeriae of contemporary urban end
tins society. The highly symbole word in which we Sad
‘urolos nowadays ia past uncon othe apts dency
to render meanings ae easy consumable and tate eg,
‘tandacy tha int inde it oats i Enlightenment ideale,
Consequently, rites of capitalism ofan sek a rata to mimetic
representation in ode to if the expan fon thr world ab
‘ration oth ect here-and-noe Because vison eth ase
‘hat best nds isl symbolization, contemporary fos in We
‘ra sholrsip into atari pistelogy ae gener ace in
tiga fhe crcent sta of lua a pots cpitalis.
Noting tha th eases are formed in soil ante Marca
that the modern indivi “alenation san aint wo aly
ftom the products of iso her Ibo bt fr th vary body ad
the senses (i 978 87-80). This obaeration informed many
subsequent critiques of the apparent atrophy of sensuous kn
‘ego in industal and postadaslsociten.Dritish erie stch
as Wiliam Moers ctiqoed the fact that capitalist culture al
‘tod the “cls eases such atv and smell while honing the
‘sul sense unl aegiod the character of a weapon (Clason,
Hos, and Snot 1994 87). the rf School eit
ies perceived an inceusng procs of ebsracton stemming fa
‘he subjugation ofnature ia Enlightenment emo ed culating
Int apts. Thay donot confine this movement tothe West,
noting hein bos Homer ath Rigid the epation of ub
ect und objec in representation originate in peri oferta
soma Somoyy ou,5
The Skin th Film,
domination and th subjection of anguished peoples orkhelmer
nd Adorno 72,4] Stil they apse that aptalism enble the
domination of nature and ethers to an unpecadonted gee, Sen
‘uous knows that ly on both hod and mind, acorting to
Horkhoimer and Adorno, owt Banari called ae mimo
ity; have auuphied in he histor! cones of industri nd
‘apt. The rnkfust School rice ala sensuous howled
‘ses of nonalenatad experience (Harker atl Adorno
1972, 71 and psi). Mime, thoy aged, ia for of ying to
‘no onvironment rather than dominating it, a tha fry al
‘al llratv tothe controling tance frm he onironment so
‘wal served by vison,
‘Recall Benjamins enormously productive suggestion (i) tht
aura esis rlatoasipof evi or tact eleioship. The
"anwork sy imple that aur the mati tc opie con
‘ac, bo brashwarksthatatet tthe nd ofthe att orth patna
om range that eos o contri of xiation. Aut enfin
‘wmporal immediacy co-prseac, betwen viewer and abject Ta
‘bs inthe presence af a artic abject ir more Uk bangin py
cl onc thank facing representation neal a ofthe
"anwork” esay Benjamin posted a form of secu sir
that would find communicative comvspondance betwen alte
‘nd peropton Hanson 3987. Sonsuous simian dsestbes cnr
‘ponences between o's dy and the wld at proce ep
sntation, suchas tho relationship etweon pop at the eens
ocr by astrology (his controversial nation lssppeared rom
‘hoi da ofthe sae) Benji’ ay “Oa the Mimetc Fc
ly” Girt also took up this thems This exety and the wf
‘had PosogenWerk, ke the ety deaf the “Acton” esa
tmp, always ors o demonstrate inte undertand
Ing of material ality. Baja ad hie’ ability to vlote
to things mimetic (ace Mors 198, 6-67, ar be euspoctd
‘hat the mimetic relationship nod nt be superseded by an elt
‘way of lating to things as merely abet He alo sags tha
{he use ofthe mimetic aly varied ove istry. st be borne
‘n ind that neither minetc owe noe mite ject ave r=
‘mined tho samo inthe court of thousands of yer: Rahn, we
must suppose thatthe sit of producing sites for example,
In danas, whose olds function this was-ard lo th lf of
unin thom, have eng wit historical develops (gy,
{3 As vil dase below ike Benji and inuencng hi),
‘uthltrians inthe ory test cnty eign rw vl
‘metic kind of vison that row cla tit oj,
‘istngs on mimesis havea prescriptive implication: tough mi
esis we can ot only undertow bt cre
formed elationship to itor restora fogten lationship, Mime
sls shite the brachial relationship betwen subject and objet,
Indeed diaslvs the dichotomy butween the two, sorh that ent
hile sbjot take on the pli, meri quale of objects,
hile objects take on the peroptve and Knowledge qulitig
of subject” mass an immanent way of gin the wr,
‘whorby the subject comar into bing not through bsraction rom
the world but comparsonte involvement in As Roger Calls
{98 wrote, mimiry Ce id note the erm mimes) sua
‘tation am att culminating pint bocausn things ve been
‘in cntct lave tat trace every on each th
‘otal eccounts af mimesis or afta epstercogy eal fo are-
‘urn o sate before language and before presentation Thy do,
howe insta symbole representation i ot he sla source
of meaning n fact, oven in ite stata forms, symbole rep
‘sentation dovives tom more fundamental, me ationship
tothe wold Mietic and rymbole reprstatin are related in
‘he way thatthe inside of glow i telte othe ote, Benji
(a7) argued that Ingusge isthe highest form ofthe mate a
ily This des no dese language athe yom og we hae
orme to understindi o be. Rater i cies Mage tat
ras close enough tit bet to mak the sign ignite "The coher
‘eon of words or sentence thn bere ough which ik ash
slaty eppeae. Fort prouction by man=lik is perception
‘byhim—isin many cases, and partial tho mot npr, i
‘do shes, spas” 297,53) Manoa Ponty decribed
the same Nash of embodied meaning in language when he wot,
"Words mos charge wih ilosphy at not ueceaiythop tht
‘contin what they a. butrater thon hat most engl ope
upon being”. 20- Language ie ted nthe bly Ka menge
Inseprable fom the sounds an gecturs tat bor fr Si
Tul. Derrida emphasized the sonal bal of poopy a Gla
(a7. 151), ware he describes the tactile production of spec
eees
The Skin ofthe ita
shaped by tho macous membranes ofthe mouth suck tga by
salva, and spt out Those aoounts of sync production show
that ts embodied sod minute momeats, whore the bay of the
yen opens int the tox andthe spacs between speaker ad le
{ener thickens, re fundamental to te meaning Even inthe ret
sophisticated ropesntatienal yon, un ae wtingo ioe,
th conic and sya cops with the indica: repesentation
Isinoxtricabl om embed!
imentoned in chaptr «that Baron's Mater and Mor in
ugurted way to undesstand mamery as beg located In the
body. Nevers, Bergson undervalued embodied memory. i
[at tecas ho assumed tht memory ea be ely brought th
when noes, not acknowledging th ndvieal and sock pro
hitions onthe scualiston of memory. Moe fundacentaly bo
‘undorvnundithecanse bo piveged nell intervention
tho bodily actuation of memory. He ditinguished tw kid of
nwmory: memory images, and moifston ofthe body “the one
“Imagine and the other repeat” (pi) 288, a The former are
ultisately action, since memory can aly be bright Wo conscious
nes action The ater ar ma btu rpreenation’ (9-91)
Lamping tgetr ho memory of children, dreamer, ad “Aiea
sages be notes tht al hae grater aces to spontaneous met
yor memory that esmediatly nd unelected in
‘he ody: he fas 1 misonay’saocount that afer presching
Tang sermon some Atcans bbe one of tem repodt the whl
‘sermon, “withthe samo gesture, rm bapanng en (gg) Bor
son dsmises such “impulsive” bodily momorye inferior oe mote
selactive memory that actin ony wa i ef tn gulf
‘he valu of mispetchaowidge Ua ving gener vl to at
‘Bergin called "habit which wil argues Knowledge tbe baly
‘more highly eultvated than ho acknowledges Clay Bean, a
bisndminton of chiens mime espace, sare ogi
‘ng shi the valuo of ergon eae,
Henjamin might have added that he mimetic faculty not ely
vasis historically bts cutest difereaty across elute When
‘he Huropen close and tare dismissed Afcan proton
fetishism Petz 1g), as dscasse in he last cape. they wore
simply unsbetorecognze he misticknowedge tht the Alans
‘nd sions culate, Anthropologist Michael Tau (gi)
closely following the Frankfurt School tory of mimesis uggs
{hal some cltureetain te imc feta hes ben deel
‘nthe Wt Taam histories th non of le a for of
aowldgeby analing a mumber of nn- Waser cules Sores of
‘nowlege primal those of ie Cua indian of San Bs clan
‘nd environs. These cultures weal that knowledge fr mor de
ent on bol mii tha conventional Weer cnc can
‘eknowledge Tass pois an opriomalogy of ouch ha wou be
Jes instant than the predominant visual epstemolgy Sene
‘sous knowledge mplis"s lelding and ein ft eer
‘tho unknown of tought in is objet” (4) Horse and Adorno
(a97) ellowing Rea. had compared the yielding form of now
go tha esto the death nts th lignes orgs
luck with nat. I cntat Tog sly aligns seis not
with atte of nate but with an alternate, culated epi
olay
Similay nspled by the Frankfurt School theo, spclly
Benjamin, Susan Buck-Mres (pp) also posits mimesis ws nal
ative way often i th ror sof proto embrace, She
‘more eatin than Tas about th capaci of mimesis In
‘her eating of Benjamin's (9688 esay on eid, Buck Morse
oes that mess has become aay tthe the indivi rom
‘ho shock ofthe word uch that mamisisehe frm of allman
Jnsebed ua te bod a moder este, Echoing Bani ei
‘iq of rmembrases, Back Mors note tht a mdr, capital
‘mes perepton hil the body fom experience rater hen pa
iting wena experienc o ow nto te bed Factory works Who
Jar to crerizate thelr movements a thow of hw mactlnes ne
rc this murderous frm of mimo (19 7), whl Hk
Balmer and Adoroo called a "mimes unto de (7,5) Never
elas. Ble More hopes that tediacomery of imei might
inform noalonated conscousnes, Like Trung hough los op-
‘misty she posts «mimetic fara hat might count he sl
lstnciaton ype of meray and sore tho ody tits seen
‘One might ange hat Tau croseculturalcompuion end
‘Buck Merl fora return amore sensu time, ik Benj
in admiration of eildren end Hurimer and Adore’ moa
‘fortis foe capitalism whe the senses were not lense,
hint ofa sot of polar loging se Jay 1090). Hower
z
em ome} ou,Tha Skin fhe Film
lowe that these theorists ae rowing rom aber eltres ad
‘ge inorder to “think thee of what can be hough ce
‘Mee pew language fora mimetic Knog tha ext ina nasont
tnd tot fr the contemperary Wet is possible to take up
wor ate apistmoogy witout sdpting ted agnonee
‘fcamplete cular alenaton on whic thes scholar argent
‘st. Sasuows fons af nowedge do nt gt pd out though
yaplagu.AsMeriens-Ponty gta 79) anguss. we humans hate
over eoased to alate mimetic knowledges.‘ sue sth
thas are not camry ald nage etre, Yo clues are
Aver enough and “lvelopment”is"uneven etovgh that dle
‘et forms of sury knowles xi in sor for. deed
‘he caren Wester cultural longing a edlacovr sensuous know
‘ges, evidont aang achlors arts, and consumers sig of
ch if. These dewrption of tcl epistemology compelling
formulate the des for sensuouslyilormed Knowledge tht i
sey prevalent inthe latent ontary Wos.
would argue then, that ree than pve ato te reapearian
‘or pints ogg for sone kn tht motes many
accounts f mines we acknowledge that many re
tated mises and other frm of senso Knowl. Te pe
‘ved ee for a mete ius among th eves I hav esd
ame as reaction to several cates of Europes oclacanrsm,
in whic vision alone was the ontologies pr enellence (ay
‘oa Yt caltralwadtons that do not epasevision orally
Hom th bay ave lot to dacosect a vag i
“ity aay of hr work dlcut in ths book row on uch etre
tnitins and critically compare ther othe podominant Western
sual gi
‘Theorists who eal for a etur othe senate rea ons x
patonc ws prediscrsiv and, bac, tural. This poston
Téigpte Tort desonded an Marxism and phonomenalogy
‘peal tothe sens’ basil bila uncon in serving pod
for shir, nourishment, safety and eockbl Yet hey ten nat fo
acknowledgo hat sensu wed culled This bli,
Isa result ofthe Haroon mistake of thinking that bocase the
‘proximal senses of touch tate, ad eel ar ot accorded much
Importance in Wostern cultures hey are outside culture kg
ral. Forexample, Buc-Mons aguas thatthe nse mnt an
uncle and unchizbl race, s core of estan to cult
omeattion (gu 6 Similarly Stevan Shi atbutes rw
ato to sensation: "Lam voll, vlc flat by diag
ad this sand, without boing able to have recourse to any fae of
reference, an fom of tunscaneatl rection, a any Symbolic
cdr” (00. 32) What Mesens-onty call “inde langue
‘would supposing listens nt contact wth“ and wild
Ting” in tt trois a mimi lationship between th bly
uth word: the ame can be sift cine, which would ing
vewors into @ inet rltonship wih the age But just how
“wil isthis ang? Tang, whe macho esc experonco
1s prsymbli, i al eulsted, that x, loa the vel of
they The sense recat age extent than het
ls chore
‘Thr my intrest in focusing on une experience particular in
nema) iso find ealure within the body, more than to enya
wi” stun out culture By paying attention toby and sa
‘uous experince we wl ad tht i tlre degre Informed
ly cata Preption isl informed by elt, and so even
‘lil ages re (clr ptempons ot sensations, Once
those primis understandings othe senses ae pt ort tho
wo can oxplare what prt of sensory knowledge pci, and
ths wit pat of enematic perenne ae i
eral imadicy
{mode Percepton ad Eno Spetatsip
lm is grape ot ely by on intellectual act bt byte complex
purcaptio af the body a ele This ew of percpton implies
sali toward the objec nti as fl, ota someting,
‘hat mat be anand and deciphered in order to deliver forth is
‘rang bat as something hat esi tl. tthe allowing
‘fer a theory of embodied vnualty tht reals our mince
Tnionship wit the word
‘Often informed by «newly revived phnomennlogy, there of
embdinent begin wit the promise hat our bie ar ot pasve
‘objects insribod” with neaning but ar soars of maaing them
selon (Csorda1984, 7. This ot a deny the power of semis
‘analyz clowns nor the exitancs of cinematic cada? et ost
5
fap coomeen,‘he Skin ofthe Fn
ag any
Let ws examine haw cinema may evoke the snes of ove by ap
ling to haptic vnualty Hapic perception i usually defined by
Pychologsteosthe combination of rl, inne and prope
‘pie facto, the way ww exprince toc th on the race
‘af and osido bois (for example eller and Sci 00) In
haptic vial phe yes tenses uncon Uk organ of toch.
ev te oat rors coerce at itrian Alo Ring
tistincton between haptic and opis! aes. Rig borrowed the
term hate from physloogy (rom hapten, often), ince the
term tactile night he take fo erally as "touching er 063,
170) His sea a physologeal tr ida that ho was aa of
tho experiments in the subetviy end pylogy of ion that aso
Informed Bango. Like Berean be aun tat subjectivity iin
‘solved in perrpton:prcopion ures "therapplespentcy ter
‘enlion of hough oceans (Rg! 1927, a quoted ners. 7)
i ually i tingle fom opal visaiy which sow
} ins Eom enough distance to perceive the a ditt forms
leper inter words, howto usualy onca of ston, Opt
‘al veut doped on separtion between the viewing wet
the jc, Hap lnoing nds to move over the rac of
‘ject ae haf pungent stole dap, not ost
gush frm so much fo duced texture mor Inlined wo move
thon ofr, more nti to graze thn 1 gin am changing
‘Rls defltions somewhat Ha asocned the haptic image with
‘2 “Sarpones that provoked the sen of toch” whl the opel
Sango invites the siwer to pace dopth, fo example, through
‘he laring of ekirescare (pea 99. 30-9. Most important in
‘Ri disincton ith lationship tho dierent Kinds of images
cat with the viewer cate a biptc composition appeal o
{wail comctions onthe sure pane of th image, tans a
jective" character; bt un opti compotion give up is mate
x physcal eet in oder to ie datnt ve tha allows he
‘Viewer to organize him/erel aa al-peretng bj (3.
"To dtnglah mor ame Bi: o idea [or painting a pato
raph muy off bpticingr ehil th term epic sual
Plait th viewer lint to pacsv thon Th works po
we toca api nite look that mows on he sfc ple of
‘he screen for some tebe the vow alos wha soba
Isbeolding Such imager eo into figuration nly gradually i
tll Coarsely haptic wok my crt anime fh det
Sometines thrghs miriam, tit K evades a dane Wi,
‘nse pulling the viewer in clos. Suc ies ofr rach «pro
“feration of figures hatte ewer persia the oxture a mch
the objets imaged. While opal premption ge the rp
resertational power ofthe image, pte perception plage the
materi presene of the imags. Drang fae forme of neo
‘xparcnce, prima toch and Kinetic, hpi visual In
volvo he boy mor thane he cas with opti visual. Touch
isa sense etd onthe surface of the bod hiking of cea at
Ip is only step toward considering te ways cen peas
{othe body asa wee Te dire between bape and optical
‘euler of gre. In met procenes of seeing bath re
Involved ina alta overeat om fro nese Ad clay
‘we ned both kinds of sults hard look loa ova
shin with otal vision; tie hard driv a cn with hai vison
‘api nage re cualy sb of what Deleuze ered tas
‘optical images: hoe images thts "hi" an wali tht
the viewer met bring his or bar rsourcee of memory and mag
tin to complet them. The haptic image from the viewer to
ntemplt the image sl stead of ing pllad into native,
Ths it has place in Delo ime-mage cine, Optica vi
‘iu by contrat ames tht lt sours the viewer roles
‘email in tho image. Acoedgly th pte! image in Rig
Sense corresponds o Deete's movement ago asf the
‘sion of completa that lends anf to aera.
‘Th haptic ug, ke oer snmvous mage, canes bo under
ood. a particular kindof focton mage tt ends ist othe
time-image inema Recall tat the affection mage, wil sly
‘tends ino action, may as force vaca and motone conta
Dini in those any-spceeehstver dor rom ston. Tha
‘he haptic imago cannes lity to sense perception, while by
sing the sensory-motor chem. A sansucns eng wth 4
‘uci fr example ear image pur ection, prior oan
‘tesson into movement. Such an mage ay then be bout ato
‘he sensory-motor shams, bt end not be, Te tfeton-image,
‘hen, can ring usto te dee exper of ne gh the bod
"nn, 0 Gop oH,z
“Te Sin of he Fl
api cinema dos ove entiation witha iguse— en
‘aryl reaction™s0 muchesitencourgers bail relationship
‘between the viwor end th image, Consequently. sin the mimetic
relationship its nt proper to speak ofthe abject of haptic oak
sto spouk ofa dynamic subjectivity betwen okt ad ia. B=
‘use haptic visual end lest ele and fas upon abject
than sinply fo be co-presen with them t sem to correspond,
‘only formally to Thi 7 Minas example (fn Ressemblag,
10) of xpoaking nt sbout, but ery” the objet he ming
Tn ovauing hap suai am suggesting that a saneveus
sponse may be elicited witout sbatraction, trough the mit
telatloaship betwonn the pecnver and a entuous object. This =
lationship dows nt rogle a init separatin barn perce
sl object tate medted by eprsetain,
otic saya CaralBitereace
‘Though Rig was concaronto sow tha ulation betwen sensory
‘xginizaton and cultural expesian es ppm oa univerl dea
‘fa, be prosumod a telolgia development in which th hap
tic must neces ive yt the opin order to ruiz he
schivumans of Renaosncepeepatv, Thistle view re
ule Rig] oSgnore optical soni Sn eae Roman pitng
tn to otherwise eit the history of at. Tu tial the mote
Inrotng to examin tho cultura ass that would have cated
him os vale te optical over the hap.
‘Cultural difrene in the presentation of space ws of get
Incest to Rogen some of hie contampoato, Tay needed oth
totake hese difference into ceount an to arg thet European at
wat supecor othe cultural eadtins Ral tent Will
‘Worvnge noted tht historians were having orev thi asunp
tions won confronted by “elt of pt” (92h, Bi; uted
‘nm Lan ons 4o)~probebly the Noor Batern, Asa, Alcan, ane
‘Oanic that entered Eoropan marks in the wake of colonial
sdrerare.
Rig wat one of ever ar strane who wore orvaluating the
‘patil quan of sual at sound the ine tat he new medi
Of enema was presage sodances wit the apparent phy
al immediacy of the moving image log acd Adel Hilden a
Dea nh fe ns, rth fn a rao hain
spiny in at wh one to cll vats nt apn
tion pce. So ror at stan ncag
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stand he eenion on ussite ica ne
ae ay rh eeton of and exon
san hat eit’ te
i ee apron ako pose roster an be
on ad aj ec lls the bole 9 magne
samen es
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ae ae whens wits, Reg ondestnng ot
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sen agouti Te Baran tvs fe
aera ed stwos hel hat bey
aa eee dr pce nd the i tp
aoe ing tpl bd" Babar ion that hn
a etn body sem ob rece ne deepen
ce tre pam tt mes th tec he
eit mnr ons praetation an
a ee aac noe ll eons! a
‘pte pce Is eon
‘The sae of opi 0
ictal, peste by th ale Roman tof the
til an the hpt
Both Rig] and Aerbach were tracing Ube Msory of sit in
th tuo Wester gutive representation. According to Auer
bach (05) nth Agua atom (or example, in tho Christian
(ld Testament) th syntie charctrs ae figures tansoanden-
{aleve existing not onthe horizontal plane of athy Beary but
‘he vrais five telco” Both ere concerand with
thw the mane of reprosntation become more rupert node
to sakan snsuous sponge in the viowe/istne. That is both
dred how Wotan art cat achive sos iat to
‘objec thruph representation, aber tan hough ence Rig
speck, aguod tht increasing absictio, or inceasng ens
Immhip i the symbol, chracterins the history of Western at
‘Ar Margarot Teron (989 185-26) points out, Re tory of tho
elton betwen eubjct ond objet based on Hep Att
des in ht he argu that he increased deeboiment of pling,
itsostene ns pur appearance alone, corsponds toa demo.
inde! ropeenntd! by opal vison alae thi 40 enay
‘om the Dutch group poral Rie) wrote, “The bisry of mankind
{to the present tlie this oar interme of two spe
tires nthe beginning th conception hat etry subject wa at
tho sare tine a ject i ony cet xi td hop
where hore or arly any objet and oa single sujet”
(quoted in Wren, 25ers’ tras).
"Olvioualy ny proj ar contrat able with Rnghteeo-
legal sasumptions. What thse historians of Westrn art an
stature mara secon development wa in fc only peal of
{poricla (lb lon) period in particular (claimed wx Wes
fn) hor of rpreentationa pots. They ware unable a=
owls aepct of Were a tht didnot Bit the ea
‘om lly thet wu founded in he Sst plac on sumptions
of Wester cultural sues. Regs bas, for example eds his
to ignore easy signs ofthe modernist evaluation of city. such
‘the vale brastrokes in works before a by ett uch
(Go, Gera and Delete
‘Bath Riel and Auorbach wero wating abou hoe respocte ld
onthe curp of modernise, which could be characterized s there
uomot materiality othomodiums fart and rst. Pat boca
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i‘The sin ofthe Flat
‘opaque ag, wor becarme dens, nd meaning came tal in
te Saves and iatroubjectvereltonship between work and
‘Awe or rade, fer ndorais Its ease to ceive tha com
{acta botony representation, the source of sensuous sanity
thcwnon«aubjet an an ebjot or between two subcta Mean
hp occurs inthe pysiea, earvous cota between two subject
‘alr, and x wel cous i representtion. Ts eurent intel
Teen embrace of embodiment nd th acroase interest on,
‘ott In haptic and senso work, ropa Rie teolny of
‘Guembodind and slagularsbjocvity (or. Cone interprets Ries
there genroul. they demonstrate asi in bis propre die
{i} Tne noon ehango meet» revaustion of the ne Wester
IS toor” Western cultural teins of material and eawuous
‘that Rig sas neo
Deleuze and Guar proprio Rig dings to describ
roma a” (appropriate to ha ies oft small, ptable etal
Aros ofthe Ite Romans ad thei Barbarian conquer) whose
‘Nave of space is eutinget len, short-term, and lacking x
umobile outside point of veleence (Deleuze und Gusta 987.
“fa Re) dened the oft of gare groudinvrsion sal
‘eatry deal n Late Roman Az Inds 57 But where bo
tenths il leptin of he abstract Tine ashe ast asp of
‘face lente prosentational stm before the rie of sin
tide space, Doone and Guta take the eta Linea sgn of
the ceeive yoo f wnfigrative ropesentation. “Te orgasim
1 enon oie they wt, whaeas the src ib i ie itt
tear), Whore Rig jst the tc mage sp the way to
raed sopresrttion,Delaze and Guat ee ia a ler
{eeonntsonal tdiion. cca wih them instar os haptic
Teyroventatin ns continued te val stratgy in West
‘Bough is usu related ono ations.
Tatetngy Rng) oes Inily a carr of textiles. One can
mapa the hours pen ines avy from the weave of a
rtaight have mulated te art ister’ ew boot» sep
vt tote way of looking Hie dxxiptons ewok the lay ofthe
‘Gas ono nono burly fguntve textures, The suze of vdeo
{grroraly moc than Sin) etl ko a loosely woven fbr
‘ve come ar andl of wks that use images fibrict a
Invite ¢ move tactile Kind of son, and to all
peal memory to
on specie cra knwligr soe wh spe ari
Stour hey sks shoul ay me Aeter
‘nemo loa in aS Ind ear Beat
tof) which th aris slacrntoly poms oom ler
tre apt, wevng gtr wone fhm
‘cts poet Rin
‘omar Ala Aron sti lope ofa Ona
Cth gn a nr I men te
‘es aw om might capt nd ata
urn
‘Ting ts he pond er a
cape crvering Pee och
Tg serve eer of opreentaton in ton eo
snip dened etre oth reson of Ween at ory
Tey end las plnng lao Reman metaverse rt
tl cenamert. One ct add Weer igh
mtg tone such
toda! Muninted manip Flemish ol ping fem the
{foment cairo tn rari Scr
terococ as of hoary Pcs woul el oct
inn mi ay, ie or
mt tn wre rec ty al
Jong existed st the underside ofthe great works. sf oa
‘the dion ve tt tad ngs that nt
nl caring ge. Urol et yh dere them cond
{710 wand compotion, inpatient compet
Inet pation ef he ewe Hawes camber eft ht
thn hare engrave cine ooking tt more
‘pron ina et nen
Seti A) nd Ne Se)
sem way fig ection teh il et which
Ah ee ingersver nen suc fis ated nn
ld NB pn a
rd pring ct ned i pale ertan purctam bt
feadernetal nove oer Fr (og) popes htc ae
Meta tt inst mle vil ouch er wc.
‘atin pope ere th yey fh
ha re ir corn om tt
rsd inpatient
Ltn ineteesmatan
aly hee me orton data hpi vialty
semen omya
‘he Sk fh il
se feminin kind of veut to follow. for example gay’
ert that woman takes please mor ror touching than fom
looking”, 26) Novels, ube than embrics the nti of
tasty a feminine form of perception | peer oso the pte
1 sal tratgy tat canbe set dcr aleratve visual
twodlions,inladig womens emit practice. rather than
eminioe quai in pte. The sepumeats of historians ech
Tal. Buck Mors and Shor supplant palate mls of vision
‘witha vsion tat ismore sient nd intimate Yo hoi arguments
Aono call parade ferinine mode of vowing so mech
‘pot thn thse ways of vowing are aeaable and used diferently in
tliflerent periods otra history of ce okingofersastraegy
that en be called upon when ou optical eres fl =.
api Cie
tans i perce a ptm ban fet oth work
Tiny anton ow ton, a of
sean matty imaite isn can ves hep voi
peru y emovng oo gor won woth movies Mae
may tier tay tnt so pty bce of
Inia or ell arsine wk db er ve
Arch gual hh ower aya 9 ond
Sty ena sre pros wc pected
peroneal
Tots jean pedo cho omergigfacinaton ith
thon avon tet vio eth ewe’ ys
‘ep renpon (ng spntg7) ithe Roatio
(ii mt nt he ial abet bt mati il