De-scribing the Timaeus : a transgression of the (phal)logocentric convention that discourse has only one form, language
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Ord, Jennifer M.
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Art Historical Work Group of South Africa
Abstract
This article focuses on a recently created artwork entitled "The Four Fields of X" - an attempt to frame an imagographic form of philosophical discourse in the hope that it would provide a model of signification not constrained by the logic of (phal)logocentrism and, therefore, better suited to suggest the mutability and open-ended dynamism that marks our (signified) existence. Initially, the article involves a description of the artwork's basis - Jacques Derrida's notion of discourse and language. The constituent parts of the artwork and their allusions to the "Timaeus" and Derrida are then presented, followed by two passages of 'exit lines'.
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Art, Philosophy, Derrida, Jacques, 1930-2004, Humanities, Metaphysics, Philosophical discourse
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Ord, J 2002, 'De-scribing the Timaeus: a transgression of the (phal)logocentric convention that discourse has only one form, language.' South African Journal of Art History, vol. 17, pp. 144-156.