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Paul Chan: Drawings for Word Book by Ludwig Wittgenstein
- wslh 6y agoI don't get the name of the exhibition. Has Paul Chan used "Drawing for Word Book by Ludwig Wittgenstein" for SEO and authoritative source purposes? It sounds like Ludwig Wittgenstein has drawn it.
- mgreenleaf 6y agoThe text at the very end of the article explains more. It appears Wittgenstein wrote a dictionary for children he was teaching in Austria after he left Cambridge, these illustrations were created for the first English translation of that dictionary that is recently published, also noted here: http://moussemagazine.it/paul-chan-drawings-for-word-book-by-ludwig-wittgenstein-at-greene-naftali-new-york-2020/ http://moussemagazine.it/paul-chan-drawings-for-word-book-by... And you can purchase the book here: https://bookshop.org/books/word-book-9781943263240/9781943263240 https://bookshop.org/books/word-book-9781943263240/978194326...
- 22justamoment 6y agoit has no relation to Wittgenstein work anymore than an artist creating paintings illustrating words that appear in a dictionary. there is no insight from wittgenstein in the paintings. the work show no appreciation of wittgensteins intent in creating that work, or his oeuvre. also, if the artist had any appreciation for his work, it would show and thus making the name of the exhibit seem like SEO bait and switch.
- tartoran 6y agoIt is self promotion. Attaching one’s name to a big name is quite a frequent strategy
- 22justamoment 6y agothats why there is so few good asian artists, they dont want to develop strategies that are meaningful, they seek the success. again, not all chinese people. there are some good ones, considering there is some billion+ of them.
- 22justamoment 6y agoalso stuff like this on hackernews removes the veneer off VC and SV. they are only elite because of money, but they forget there are other things in this world.
- jan_Inkepa 6y agoIt doesn't have to be related to his philosophical output to be interesting, and we don't have to reduce Wittgenstein to his philosophical output (though this blurb in the exhibit tries to relate it to his philosophy, it doesn't specify details of what the effect of his teaching experience on it was). I do find it interesting to see the contents of an old dictionary designed to be relevant to children in rural Austria transposed to a modern American setting, though I don't know how much that's played up. The dictionary IIRC contained a lot of dialect words also (though other than Eichkätzchen I didn't see so many in the photographs). I also kinda like the drawings. I think this direction would've been better than trying to relate it to his philosophical output, but ah well. Another missed opportunity seemingly absent from the art is that he was not the world's kindest teacher: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haidbauer_incident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haidbauer_incident > The Haidbauer incident, known in Austria as Der Vorfall Haidbauer, took place in April 1926 when Josef Haidbauer, an 11-year-old schoolboy in Otterthal, Austria, reportedly collapsed unconscious after being hit on the head during class by the Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein.[1] I guess the more I think about it the more I come around to your assessment that the engagement isn't so deep as it could be... (Though, all that said, I do actually kinda like the drawings!)
- cjohnson318 6y agoThis is like saying Python should not be called Python because it has nothing to do with Monty Python; rather it should be called "Interpreted Programming Language #456", or whatever.
- morelisp 6y agoFormula Translator, Formula Translator II, Formula Translator 1966... It's not a bad pattern.
- cjohnson318 6y agoI see what you did there. That's good.
- yters 6y agoIn these days of self identifying as whatever anything goes.
- neuro 6y agoIs this man seeking help?
- coldtea 6y ago...
- 22justamoment 6y agothis is why techbros shouldnt go into the arts. kys addendum: i am jack's fighting spirit and the greatest thing about being even in the arts is that its very mean spirited and critical and people want that in the arts because it makes for good work.
- 22justamoment 6y agoa chinese artist appropriating rural Austrian life. what a world.
- SamBam 6y agoI quite like it. I find the art quite joyous. I also think that the site is an exemplar way to show a virtual exhibition, with the interweaved close-ups of individual pieces with the gallery-view of what they've been hung next to.
- Dirlewanger 6y agoCan I get a summary on Wittgenstein? He rarely gets the amount of attention as other 20th century philosophers, but he's still regarded as the most important one. I feel like there's a dearth of understanding him in the popular sphere.
- patja 6y agoIf you want something more than the Wikipedia content, try the book Wittgenstein's Poker. My book club read it about a decade ago and it's one of the few titles we keep referring back to.
- voldacar 6y agoThe painting for "cure" is some burning cars, a bunch of people standing in a long line, and some people pulling down a statue of a man on horseback? not sure i get it
- SamBam 6y agoI believe it is a representation of the racial justice protests over the summer. Part of a "cure" for the ills of racial. I see a statue being torn down, cars burning, and mounted cops with batons. I am unsure why all the people are in a long, fenced-in line, however. Getting their turn at the statue?