Freud and then later Saussure promoted the idea that all things may become signifiers -or symbols - as such especially in the realm of advertising objects have increasingly taken on a sign function
On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 9:39 AM, William Conger <[email protected]>wrote: > A language? The way we communicate? No. Objects and consumable goods are > potential contextualized signifiers, unstable, fluid, ambiguous, and > metaphorical. > wc > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: joseph berg > <[email protected]> > To: aesthetics-l <[email protected]> > Sent: Tue, > August 21, 2012 4:04:23 AM > Subject: "...Things, commodities, objects, > consumable goods are not only > possessions but a kind of language. They are, > like it or not, the way we > communicate with each other, with ourselves, and > with the world." > > "...Things, commodities, objects, consumable goods are not > only possessions > but a kind of language. They are, like it or not, the way we > communicate > with each other, with ourselves, and with the world." > > http://www.tnr.com/articles/books-and-arts/blog/article/books-and-arts/80908/ > > %20http%3A/www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2005/02/24/eastwood/www.indiana.e<http://www.tnr.com/articles/books-and-arts/blog/article/books-and-arts/80908/%0A%20http%3A/www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2005/02/24/eastwood/www.indiana.e> > du?page=88K %3Bahr%2Fdarnton= > > -- S a u l O s t r o w *Critical Voices* 21STREETPROJECTS 162 West 21 St NYC, NY 10011 [email protected]
