Viktor Shklovsky referred to it as defamiliarization. It is an idea that art is supposed to frustrate our senses into seeing things as though those things were new. It is the idea that art is supposed to make us freshly aware of the things we see, hear, read or think about everyday but remain familiar to us. Art being used to defamiliarize us shocks us into thinking about or seeing things differently is the idea that art is supposed to make us Look Twice.
Monday, April 4, 2011
Some Page Direction
So, I have been trying to think about the purpose of this page more lately and how to apply Victor's theory of defamiliarization to certain components of culture, whether it be literature, paintings, or music. After some thought about the direction of this particular blog, I feel that I would really like to make this site a compilation of different artisitic presentations that defamiliarize us to our normal way of viewing things. Ultimately, my focus will be more general and less specific but will show how prevelant this theory is in our culture when we think about the humanities. From Lady Gaga to Guadi. Defamiliarization occurs everywhere and the purpose of this blog will be to show specific examples of it in our culture. Thanks for following.
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