The Aesthetics Research Centre invites you to a research seminar with Dr. James MacDowell (Warwick) who will present a paper with the title \u201cThe Irony in Fiction Films\u201d.<\/p>\n
This will be followed by the festive opening of the exhibition \u201cPortraits & Philosophy: A Conversation\u201d. More details below. All welcome!<\/p>\n
Dr. James MacDowell (Warwick) will present a paper with the title \u201cThe Irony in Fiction Films\u201d. <\/strong><\/p>\n April 3, 4-5.30pm, Templeman Lecture Theatre.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n It has sometimes been claimed that pictures in general, and films in particular, might find it difficult to be ironic. In his article \u2018The Irony in Pictures\u2019 Gregory Currie grounds this claim in the nature of pictorial representation, and elsewhere grounds a weaker version of his position in the nature of \u2018classical\u2019 narrative filmmaking. This paper will challenge these arguments by taking up the surprisingly under-explored issue of the irony in motion pictures \u2013 specifically, in feature-length fiction films. To \u2018be ironic\u2019 an artwork must communicate ironically \u2013 rather than, that is, merely depict an ironic situation. This talk will, firstly, outline some theoretical reasons for doubting that this distinction can always be rigidly maintained. It will also propose that the medium of fiction filmmaking \u2013 even in its most \u2018classical\u2019 guises \u2013 routinely blurs the lines between these phenomena such that works are able simultaneously to depict something ironic and communicate ironically.<\/p>\n Opening reception of the exhibition \u201cPortraits & Philosophy: A Conversation\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n April 3, 5.30-7pm, A108\u00a0Reception\u00a0Room (next to the Gallery in Templeman Library)<\/strong><\/p>\n Ten of the world\u2019s leading philosophers of art are portrayed here\u2028by renowned photographer Steve Pyke and visual artist (and Kent graduate) Claire Anscomb. These striking black-and-white portraits are accompanied by short excerpts from the book Conversations on Art and Aesthetics in which Kent lecturer Dr Hans Maes discusses key issues in art and aesthetics with these individual philosophers.<\/p>\n Become acquainted with the thoughts and faces of contemporary aesthetics and let yourself be challenged by this up close and personal view of philosophy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"