Posts tagged John Carpenter

Against “Solving” Media

The root of this, I believe, lies in the privileging of “realism” over other modes of expression in aesthetics. By this, I mean the idea that art is supposed to be a mimetic reproduction of things that would “really happen”. Leaving aside, of course, the number of really-occurring events that get you treated as insane if you acknowledge.

Commentary, Written by: CameronCameron SummersDecember 7, 2022Art, Criticism, Horror Vanguard, Hiroki Azuma, John Carpenter, Mark Fisher, Literary Theory, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Mark Z. Danielewski, Thomas Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49Comment

The Gap Between Memory and Identity: Scattered Notes

So let’s shake the metaphorical etch-a-sketch and look at one of the central questions of Blade Runner that the “is Deckard a Replicant?” issue really serves as a stalking horse for: What is the relationship between memory and identity?