Transformational Zones and Violent Encounters: Transformational Zones and Violent Encounters. Matthew Barney’s ‘The Order’
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Transformational Zones and Violent Encounters : Transformational Zones and Violent Encounters. Matthew Barney’s ‘The Order’. / Heine, Stefanie.
In: Sic, Vol. 2, No. 4, 2014.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Transformational Zones and Violent Encounters
T2 - Transformational Zones and Violent Encounters. Matthew Barney’s ‘The Order’
AU - Heine, Stefanie
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - In “The Order,” Matthew Barney transforms the Guggenheim Museum into a space reminding of a computer game or sports-arena. The protagonist struggles his way through different ‘levels’ and at the heart of the setting, he is confronted with the para-athlete Aimee Mullins, a cyborg embodying the Deleuzian notion of the ani/omalous. To complete his final task, the protagonist kills the creature. The question arises, why the ani/omalous has to be violently eliminated. In this respect, it is important to know that the DVD offers two viewing options: a film version structured according to a fixed narrative order and an interactive version where one can switch between the levels simultaneously. Thus, Barney’s film also raises the question of the aesthetic order at work and invites to consider how what is shown relates to the way in which it is shown.
AB - In “The Order,” Matthew Barney transforms the Guggenheim Museum into a space reminding of a computer game or sports-arena. The protagonist struggles his way through different ‘levels’ and at the heart of the setting, he is confronted with the para-athlete Aimee Mullins, a cyborg embodying the Deleuzian notion of the ani/omalous. To complete his final task, the protagonist kills the creature. The question arises, why the ani/omalous has to be violently eliminated. In this respect, it is important to know that the DVD offers two viewing options: a film version structured according to a fixed narrative order and an interactive version where one can switch between the levels simultaneously. Thus, Barney’s film also raises the question of the aesthetic order at work and invites to consider how what is shown relates to the way in which it is shown.
M3 - Journal article
VL - 2
JO - Sic
JF - Sic
SN - 1847-7755
IS - 4
ER -
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