Miniature, grotesque, mimesis

Grotesque in Dickens

Embodiment , Language , and Mimesis

The present focus on embodiment in cognitive science undervalues concepts such as convention/norm, representation and consciousness. I argue that these concepts constitute essential properties of language, and this makes it problematic for “embodiment theories” to account for human language and cognition. These difficulties are illustrated by examining a particular, highly influential approach ...

Grotesque Impressions Enhance the Gaze Cueing Effect

A non-predictive gaze cue produces a reflexive shift of attention to the gazed-at location. The present study used a modified version of Posner's attentional cueing paradigm (a gaze cueing paradigm) to investigate role of grotesque facial expressions on a gaze cueing effect involving induced fear. Grotesque faces were created by vertically shifting the position of one of the two eyes (Experimen...

Mimesis as a phenomenon of semiotic communication

The concept of mimesis is not very often used in the contemporary semiotic dialogue. This article introduces several views on this concept, and on the basis of these, mimesis is comprehended as a phenomenon of communication. By highlighting different semantic dimensions of the concept, mimesis is seen as being composed of phases of communication and as such, it is connected with imitation, repr...

Congestion - Mimesis of traffic flow

Taking heed of the approach of physics towards examining reality, constructing laws, and deducing consequences, here we explore the process of creating an algorithmic work of art, through an iterative approach based on the steps of examining the underlying logic of traffic and traffic networks, constructing rules inspired by this logic, and examining the consequences of those rules. However, wh...