Week Three: Awe
Feb 23, 2016
Week Three: Awe
Next Week
• “To Dispel a Great Malady” reading• Prints & Drawings room• Patrick Keiller film• Meet in the Duffield Room at the Clore
Entrance
Next week: Duffield Room
Last week’s Group #2: Joseph Gandy
Last week’s Group #2: James Boswell
Last week’s Group #2: James Boswell
Last week’s Group #1: Netley Abbey by Francis Towne
Last week’s Group #1: Netley Abbey by Samuel Prout
Last week’s Group #1: The Dairy, Fawley Court, by John Piper
Last week’s Group #1: Holy Island, JMW Turner
This Week’s Readings
• John Clare, “The Ruins of Pickworth”• Philip Johnstone, “High Wood”• Peter Riley, from Excavations• Chris Jones, “Death and the Gallant”
Week Three: Awe
Three types of ‘awe’
• The supernatural and apocalyptic: – The hauntological awe
Three types of ‘awe’
• The supernatural and apocalyptic: – The hauntological awe
• The industrial and technological:– The awe of progress
Three types of ‘awe’
• The supernatural and apocalyptic: – The hauntological awe
• The industrial and technological:– The awe of progress
• The environmental:– The awe of impact
The Supernatural & Hauntology
Nigel Kneale: The Stone Tape and Quatermass & the Pit
Apocalypse
Ark of Art
Ruin Porn: Detroit
Ruin Porn: Detroit
Ruin Porn: Detroit
Urban Exploration
Urban Exploration
Environment
“Anthropocene” by Jason Decaires Taylor
It’s all about rain, steam and speed
Re-wilding
The hauntological
The industrial
The environmental
“Belief in the Age of Disbelief” by Cyprien Gaillard