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HOW THE IDEA OF PERCEPTION AS AN ACTIVE PERFORMANCE CAN BE LINKED TO IDEAS OF QUEER THEORY

With regard to my work I’ve always stated that an image is more than just an image. It shapes or understanding of the world. Especially images of naked bodies reflect and influence the way we think about sexuality and gender which are topics that I deal with in my work. I’ve always placed importance on the viewer and his/her viewing position. I think the viewer is the active part of giving meaning to an image and I see subversive potential in this concept. The idea of perception as an active performance is a central theme in the book Visual Thinking by Rudolf Arnheim. With this text I would like to make a connection between this idea and central ideas of the Queer Theory. I also would like to reflect on my work in connection to that.

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-With regard to my work I’ve always stated that an image is more than just an image. It shapes or understanding of the world. Especially images of naked bodies reflect and influence the way we think about sexuality and gender which are topics that I deal with in my work. I’ve always placed importance on the viewer and his/her viewing position. I think the viewer is the active part of giving meaning to an image and I see subversive potential in this concept. The idea of perception as an active performance is a central theme in the book Visual Thinking by Rudolf Arnheim.
+With regard to my work I’ve always stated that an image is more than just an image. It shapes or understanding of the world. Especially images of naked bodies reflect and influence the way we think about sexuality and gender which are topics that I deal with in my work. I’ve always placed importance on the viewer and his/her viewing position. I think the viewer is the active part of giving meaning to an image and I see subversive potential in this concept. The idea of perception as an active performance is a central theme in the book Visual Thinking by Rudolf Arnheim. With this text I would like to make a connection between this idea and central ideas of the Queer Theory. I also would like to reflect on my work in connection to that.
-While reading the text I will try to apply some basic idea of Queer Theory to it. How does it go together with images of Representation?
-With this text I would like to make a connection between the idea of Rudolf Arnheim that he explains in his book Visual Thinking and central ideas of the Queer Theory. I also would like to reflect on my work in connection to that.