Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Articles 1 - 2 of 2
Full-Text Articles in Arts and Humanities
(Mis)Translation In The Work Of Omer Fast, Kelli Bodle
(Mis)Translation In The Work Of Omer Fast, Kelli Bodle
LSU Master's Theses
For the majority of people, video art does not have a major impact on their daily lives. Between ubiquitous television monitors and incessant internet pop-ups, attention paid to a video in an art gallery is passing at best. How can one's video creations make an impression on such an already visually-immersed culture? Video artist Omer Fast, uses editorial effects such as dubbing, mistranslations, and splicing in his documentary-style works to attract the attention of, and later alienate, his audience. This essay analyzes Fast's oeuvre and deconstructs the ways in which he attracts audience interest and subsequently encourages his audiences, through …
Criticism Lighting His Fire: Perspectives On Jim Morrison From The Los Angeles Free Press, Down Beat, And The Miami Herald, Melissa Ursula Dawn Goldsmith
Criticism Lighting His Fire: Perspectives On Jim Morrison From The Los Angeles Free Press, Down Beat, And The Miami Herald, Melissa Ursula Dawn Goldsmith
LSU Master's Theses
Jim Morrison, lead singer of The Doors, transcended his mythical personae through the band's songs, his poems, and works about him. Morrison's cult continues today, through pilgrimages to his grave (a major tourist attraction in Paris), Oliver Stone's film The Doors (1991), videos on YouTube.com, rediscoveries of already released recordings, and new discoveries of unreleased recordings, lost films, and unpublished manuscripts of Morrison's poetry. Fans, filmmakers, photographers, the music industry, writers, and members of The Doors have cultivated him into their icon, hierophant, and God. But does myth construction about Morrison possess any goals, continuity, or direction? The music was …