tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post4314584894687926053..comments2023-10-08T05:00:23.559-04:00Comments on Clarissa's Blog: Life as ArtClarissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-25883662539183885102009-06-18T14:10:46.561-04:002009-06-18T14:10:46.561-04:00You are right in that for people who take part in ...You are right in that for people who take part in these shows it's probably the only way to escape into a make-believe world. So, in that sense, it's definitely an empowering thing.<br /><br />This is what cultural studies should analyze instead of the boring stuff they do currently.Clarissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-65666186476505956242009-06-18T09:03:48.752-04:002009-06-18T09:03:48.752-04:00Maybe, but the participants are so conscious of be...Maybe, but the participants are so conscious of being constantly filmed, so they also have some form of agency in the production of their life as art.<br /><br />I was writing this comment because I thought it was fun (though obvious) to connect Foucault's well-known ideas about observation and power with life as an aesthetic experience.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-66683335510782892912009-06-17T12:43:25.177-04:002009-06-17T12:43:25.177-04:00No, reality shows are not the same, I think. The p...No, reality shows are not the same, I think. The participant is not the author of the production. The producers, the editors manipulate the story, while the participants don't have power over it.Clarissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-5696479145050607882009-06-16T14:06:42.663-04:002009-06-16T14:06:42.663-04:00I wonder what Foucault would have said had he knew...I wonder what Foucault would have said had he knew about reality shows. Life becomes "art" in a reality show, with a medium and a public, with the triviality and all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-13961178105740458442009-06-15T11:53:50.746-04:002009-06-15T11:53:50.746-04:00Exactly!Exactly!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-49891628826634645302009-06-15T10:19:02.194-04:002009-06-15T10:19:02.194-04:00I think it has the potential to liberate us from a...I think it has the potential to liberate us from a) drowning in triviality and b) fear of existence.<br /><br />Of course, it can only be practiced as a complimentary system. Using it as the organizing principle of one's life wouldd be way too decadent even for my tastes. :-)Clarissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-7173086281510938802009-06-15T09:54:25.941-04:002009-06-15T09:54:25.941-04:00Foucault's concept of an "aesthetics of e...Foucault's concept of an "aesthetics of existence" is appealing, but it has so little emancipatory potential.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com