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it has no relation to Wittgenstein work anymore than an artist creating paintings illustrating words that appear in a dictionary. there is no insight from wittg

it 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 ago
It is self promotion. Attaching one’s name to a big name is quite a frequent strategy
- 22justamoment 6y ago
  thats 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 ago
  also 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 ago
It 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 ago
This 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 ago
  Formula Translator, Formula Translator II, Formula Translator 1966... It's not a bad pattern.
  - cjohnson318 6y ago
    I see what you did there. That's good.

tartoran 6y ago

It is self promotion. Attaching one’s name to a big name is quite a frequent strategy

22justamoment 6y ago
thats 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 ago
also 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 ago

It 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 ago

This 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 ago
Formula Translator, Formula Translator II, Formula Translator 1966... It's not a bad pattern.
- cjohnson318 6y ago
  I see what you did there. That's good.