Intention, Interpretation, and Contemporary Visual Art

Intention and Interpretation in Art: A Semiotic Analysis

Intention and Interpretation

I “WHAT DOES THE LITERARY INTERPRETER do? He tells us what a literary work means.” Thus says Monroe Beardsley, who has written as thoughtfully and influentially on the subject as any philosopher in the past fifty years, and this is as good a place to start as any. Though there may well be ways of embodying interpretations that do not involve saying what something means (for example, reading a p...

The visual art of contemporary artists with epilepsy.

Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorders encountered in clinical practice, aVecting approximately 1 of 50 children and 1 of 100 adults in developed countries, with a higher prevalence in developing countries. Epilepsy is called a hidden disability because people with the condition usually appear normal between seizures. Yet, ironically, the appearance of someone having a seizur...

Contemporary Iranian Dramatist, Eastern Visual Provocation, and Cultural Originality

The necessity of taking refuge in literary productions has been intensified due to the societies’ severe involvement in the features of the modern world. Loss of identity and failure to maintain an integrated self are the repercussions of distancing from humanistic roots. Some attempts in modern art/literature appear to focus more on visual styles to represent the catastrophes of the modern uni...

Participation in Contemporary Art

This presentation aims at providing a better understanding of the role, origin and evolution of participation in contemporary art with a specific focus on technology and participation. It will also provide an overview of participative art models developed in the last decade and the trend they created.