User:Elleke Hageman/Trimester 4/Reading and writing

15 October

The black square as a representation of the define feeling and death.

The color black is, throughout history, a re-occurring symbol of infinity and death in depictions of art and orthodox and pagan religions. In this essay I will review three works of different artists over the past decade and describe how the representation of the black square is used as a portrayal of death and the search for a pure divine feeling.

[For final text see pdf below]

8 October 2014

The black square as a representation of the define feeling and death.

The black square is a re-occurring symbol in art and religion. The color black throughout (art) history and in various religions is a symbol of (in)finity, death. The square is a geometrical shape which re-occurs throughout history as a symbol in depictions of various religions, primitive cultures and paganism. In this essay I will review three works of different artists over the past decade and describe how the representation of the black square is used as a portrayal of death and the search for a pure divine feeling.

[For first draft of text see pdf below]

7 October 2014

(With a small detour to Non- Linear narrative back to "The Black Square")

The black square as a representation of the define feeling and death.

The black square is a re-occuring symbol in art and religion. The color black throughout (art) history and in various religions is a symbol of (in) finity, death. The square is a geometrical shape which re-occurs throughout history as a symbol in depictions of various religions, primitive cultures and paganism.

In this essay I will review three works of different artists over the past decade and describe how the representation of the black square is used as a portrayal of death and pure divine feeling. [For first draft of text see pdf below]

1 October 2014

New media reader ; "for a potential analysis of combinatory literature" Claude Berge / "A brief history of the Oulipo" Jean Lescure

[Steve: What role do constraints play in non-linier narratives?

See also Calvino = if on a winter's night a traveller]

See also Roland Barthes From Work to Text (1979)

24 september 2014

First practical research into non- lineair narrative with the black square as topic…[ why do you want to research these topics?]