Loss of vision
On emotional affects caused by the representation of violence in Russia's war against Ukraine and beyond
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4442001 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mykola Ridnyi (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 289-300 |
| Publication date | 2022-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophy of Photography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2040-3682 • E-ISSN: 2040-3690 |
| Publisher | Intellect (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1386/pop_00064_7 |
| OpenAlex | W4385961297 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
The essay is concentrated on emotional affects caused by representation of violence in the case of Russia's war against Ukraine and beyond. Instant accessibility to first-hand visual information created fertile soil for planting and then multiplying manipulative strategies of one or another political interest. Meanwhile, the demand for shocking content continues to steadily rise because it guarantees popularity, spectacle and even a form of pleasure. This, in turn, supports a very propagandistic version of reality where violence plays a central role in the overall design and transmission of contents, which is driven by shock as an affective medium. Blind Spot, Gradual Loss of Vision and Speck in the Eye represent a body of works by Mykola Ridnyi, address the question of what potential response(s) could be given by artistic interventions understood as a dialectical and critical framework able to face and make visible the problem of dehumanization through violence
Aesthetics · Art · Dehumanization · Dialectic · Epistemology · Pleasure · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Popularity · Social science · Sociology · Spectacle · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · Law · Photography and Visual Culture · Psychology · Social Psychology · Visual Culture and Art Theory
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |