Guy Debord: "The images detached from every aspect of life merge into a common stream in which the unity of that life can no longer be recovered. Fragmented views of reality regroup themselves into a new unity as a separate pseudoworld that can only be looked at. The specialization of images of the world evolves into a world of autonomized images where even the deceivers are deceived. The spectacle is a concrete inversion of life, an autonomous movement of the nonliving."
In this aphorism, Debord discusses the break that happens when images are taken from a spectacle. He explains that "detached images" create views of reality which are fragmented, incomplete, no longer representative of the actual events of the spectacle.
I think you chose a very good aphorism to work with. It's refreshing to see that you chose a subject that didn't involve death and war because it's very hard to read these aphorisms and not think of that.
ReplyDeleteI guess there would be an even more "detached image" for J&K+8 now with the divorce. The family and their drama became a spectacle in the truest sense of the word. With the focus and attention on them, it became very obvious that Jon, Kate, and the kids were losing their sense of selves and becoming focused on their family as a singular unit.
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