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Roland [X] Superheld – zur möglichen Beziehung von Kunstwissenschaft und politischer Bildung am Beispiel der Sex/Gender-Thematik
Get PDFSebastian Schädler
Roland [X] Superhero. Towards a New Relationship between Art Scholarship and Concepts of Political Education though the Example of the Topic of Sex/Gender
This text focuses on the figure of the Bremen Roland in two respects: Firstly in relation to the discussion of masculinity as a cultural construction, in which one specific hegemonic model is always based on the exclusion of others. Thus Roland is compared and contrasted to other representations of masculinity, such as Saint Sebastian and Muhammad Ali, and the possibilities are explored of using the theme of “superheroes” to educate children on the topic of sex/gender stereotypes. From another point of view, Roland is discussed as a research subject in art scholarship. Here we discuss the potential of a scholarly approach that does not reduce an “image” or “sign” such as Roland to mere “facts” about the historical context or its function(s) in specific cultural formations of masculinity. Since these perspectives never seem to converge, there has been little interest in drawing a relationship between them. Adapting a proposal by W.J.T. Mitchell, the possibilities of such a relationship are revealed through the performance of an encounter. The slash “/” in this text is chosen as a sign that opens up the space that such an encounter creates. Referring to the different points of view, the slash changes: first it becomes a backslash “\”, then it is combined to form “\/” and “/\”, as are used in computer languages, and finally it is converted into an [X]. The new relationship – as a proposal for further discussion – can be written as: art scholarship [X] political education.
 
Spektakuläre Körperbilder. Reproduktionsphantasien und geschlechtliche Repräsentation bei Inez van Lamsweerde
Get PDFSpectacular Body Images: Fantasies of Reproduction and Sexual Representation in Inez van Lamsweerde’s ArtworksAn image of the (human) body is always necessary for fantasies of reproduction to be developed – in science as well as art. Inze van Lamsweerde’s series “Thank you Thighmaster” (1993) works with computer-manipulated photographs and provides an opportunity to discuss the question whether these fantasies of reproduction have to be regarded as completely artificial. The non-sexed body images refer to a dilemma within the discourse on reproduction: On the one hand, these bodies appear desirable because of the model’s beauty. On the other, however, the cyborgs cannot respond to the desire since they lack any reproductive ability. Thus they emphasize a gap within the technical evolution: You may overcome space and time but you always need a body to do so
Von Roland zu Arnold – Der Terminator als Übergangsfigur zwischen Standbild und Bewegungsbild
Get PDFWinfried PauleitFrom Roland to Arnold: The Terminator as a Transitional Figure between the Still and the Moving ImageCinema, as the moving image, establishes its own visual discourse by claiming a visible reality beyond narrative. This paper discusses how cinematic discourse uses the manifold possibilities for constructing masculinity both in and as moving images. It thus sets in motion an otherwise static image, namely, the mythical figure of Roland. Such readying for action presupposes that motion is a knightly virtue and, moreover, that Roland would be inconceivable without his engagement in battle and action. Fundamental to this figuration is the combination of man and metal, which becomes dynamised in the Terminator as a moving image of the knight made of liquid metal. Not only does this dynamisation create a more actual image of knighthood in action, but it also reflects the medium of film, which enables the figuration of image and movement, of soft skin and metal, in the first place.
