Deleuze Reframed: Interpreting Key Thinkers for the Arts

Reframed (Interpreting Key Thinkers for the Arts)

by Damian Sutton, David Martin-Jones

Are your students baffled by Baudrillard? Dazed by Deleuze? Confused by Kristeva? Other beginners' guides can feel as impenetrable as the original texts to students who 'think in images'. "Contemporary Thinkers Reframed" instead uses the language of the arts to explore the usefulness in practice of complex ideas.Short, contemporary and accessible, these lively books utilise actual examples of artworks, films, television shows, works of architecture, fashion and even computer games to explain and explore the work of the most commonly taught thinkers. Conceived specifically for the visually minded, the series will prove invaluable to students right across the visual arts. Deleuze disdains easy answers. Yet easy answers to Deleuze are what students need. Without reducing Deleuze's complex body of thought to simplistic solutions, this very contemporary guide leads the reader into the world of Deleuze's spiralling thought through concrete examples from art, film, TV and even computer games.
From 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' and 'The Cell' to 'Pac Man' and 'Doom' and from the work of Matthew Barney and Helen Chadwick to 'Lost' and 'Doctor Who', this easily digestible introduction looks at the key ideas promoted by Deleuze, both in his own work and in his notoriously difficult collaborations with Felix Guattari, to make them both fresh and relevant to the visual arts today.

Genres: Philosophy, Art

168 pages, Paperback

First published September 2, 2008

Reviews

[Ansh · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good summary of major points of Deleuze philosophy. It is a little hit and miss when it tries to supplement them with analytical critique. It's piece on videogames and Internet surfing as rhizomes feels old while it's analysis of Doctor Who and Lost in relation to Deleuze and Bergson's thinking on memory works.

Overall, good primer whether you're new to Deleuze or looking for a general summary.

[Justin · Rating 1 out of 5]

Useless

[Jan · Rating 2 out of 5]

I enjoyed part one, while parts two and three were a little too abstract, but perhaps that's just because I'm not used to reading philosophy books.