Travelling landscapes’ and the potential of Artscapes

Bibliographic Data

ID12905248
AuthorsNoga Stiassny (0000-0002-2073-770X, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume15
Issue5
Pages1105-1126
Publication date2021-10-26
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueMemory Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1750-6980 • E-ISSN: 1750-6999
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/17506980211045599
OpenAlexW3210334128
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited28

What does it mean to represent trauma, heritage and/or terror-related landscapes in the present day? This article aims to offer a new perspective on the ability of such representations to initiate a journey by means of artistic creation; the author refers to such artworks as ‘ Artscapes’, claiming that Artscapes make feasible a seemingly contradictory act: on one hand, ‘time travel’ that assists in commemorating the past(s), and on the other, ‘space travel’ that has the ability to challenge collective memories, narratives and even myths associated with that past(s). By focusing on a growing trend towards diasporic Artscapes within Israeli art as a test case of this genre, the article explores the potential possessed by such works to negotiate ‘diasporic memories’ within Zionism’s national ethos

Aesthetics · Art · Ethos · Linguistics · Literature · Mythology · Narrative · Negotiation · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Visual arts · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Middle East Politics and Society · Philosophy

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