Hi Johannes, Wittgenstein's been critical to my thinking; I read the TLP when I was I think 18 and published (academically!) on it; On Certainty's one of my favorite books, etc. etc. I think almost but not quite opposite, Lev Shestov, and Bentham on Fictions and Vaihinger, there's a trail here... Why wouldn't he drive?
Best, Alan :-) On Thu, Dec 2, 2021 at 2:04 PM Johannes Birringer via NetBehaviour < netbehaviour@lists.netbehaviour.org> wrote: > dear Alan, and all > > you surprise us with a quotation from L. Wittgenstein (as you drive across > the united-states-lands), and I was unaware that the philosopher of > language games (who may have been an odd inspiration for you at some point) > had been driving, ever. I think he may have been imagining driving, or in > fact, was he evr in some early automobile traveling from London to Oxford? > hmm, he died in 1953 and the lectures were held 1933 to 1935.... > Fascinating. The reason I comment today, however, is because I read a > lovely critical article in Die ZEIT on a current exhibition (in Vienna) on > Wittgenstein's interest and concern with photography: > > https://www.leopoldmuseum.org/en/exhibitions/122/ludwig-wittgenstein > > The article is quizzical, its title funky [Who is my picture?] : "Wer ist > mein Bild? > Eine Wiener Ausstellung über Ludwig Wittgenstein zeigt den Philosophen als > Fotografen" > > ...and commentary on Wittgenstein's apparently quite consistent collection > of photographs (and self-images in the old photomats, you know, those > booths where you sit down and get a strip of 6 photos of your face) is > illuminating. The exhibit apparently pairs W. with other more contemporary > media artists, but I love, for example, the comment on scale difference > (oversize Thomas Ruff, one side, tiny tiny stamp-size Photomat self > pictures of W., other side) > > >> > Die Ausstellung wurde mit großem kuratorischen Feinsinn und mit Gespür für > Raumwirkung zusammengestellt. Vor allem das Spiel der Korrespondenzen > zwischen den manchmal briefmarkenkleinen Wittgenstein-Fotos und den > zeitgenössischen Blow-ups, die die Wände füllen, gelingt erstaunlich gut. > Es ist nur so, dass mit Fortdauer der Schau, die sich durch neun Räume im > Leopold Museum zieht, der Eindruck entsteht, dass weniger womöglich mehr > gewesen wäre. Denn die Bilder aus der Sphäre Wittgensteins, der ja auch > nach dem Vorbild von Lessing einen Laokoon für Fotografen schreiben wollte, > bezeugen eher Intimität und familiäre Diskretion, während die > Echo-Phänomene aus der aktuellen Fotokunst gelegentlich übertriebenes > Blockbuster-Feeling herstellen. Aber trotz solcher Einwände: Man hat selten > eine Ausstellung gesehen, bei der ein so sperriges und hermetisches Thema > wie Ludwig Wittgensteins Verhältnis zur Fotografie überzeugend in visuelle > Erfahrungen übersetzt wurde.>>** > > > And here is Ludwig on the ontology of the photo: > > "Man kann sagen, der Begriff 'Spiel' ist ein Begriff mit verschwommenen > Rändern", schreibt Wittgenstein in seinen Philosophischen Untersuchungen. > "Aber ist ein verschwommener Begriff überhaupt ein Begriff? – Ist eine > unscharfe Photographie überhaupt ein Bild eines Menschen?" > > with regards > Johannes Birringer > > ** > > https://www.zeit.de/2021/47/ludwig-wittgenstein-fotografie-ausstellung-wien#:~:text=Es%20sind%20Bilder%20aus%20der,einem%20Phantombild%2C%20einer%20%C3%A4sthetischen%20Halluzination > . > > > > > > > ________________________________________ > From: NetBehaviour <netbehaviour-boun...@lists.netbehaviour.org> on > behalf of Alan Sondheim <sondh...@panix.com> > Sent: 01 December 2021 16:28 > To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity > Subject: [NetBehaviour] Wittgenstein Driving > > > > Wittgenstein Driving > > http://www.alansondheim.org/Ludwigatthewheel.jpg > http://www.alansondheim.org/Ludwigatthewheel.mp4 video > > "Now when in the solipsisitic way I say '_This_ is what's really > seen', I point before me and it is essential that I point > _visually._ If I pointed sideways or behind me - as it were, to > things which I don't see - the pointing would in this case be > meaningless to me; it would not be pointing in the sense in > which I wish to point. But this means that when I point before > me saying 'this is what's really seen', although I make the > gesture of pointing, I don't point to one thing as opposed to > another. This is as when travelling in a car and feeling in a > hurry, I instinctively press against something in front of me as > though I could push the car from inside." > > - Ludwig Wittgenstein, The Blue and Brown Books, Preliminary > Studies for the 'Philosophical Investigations,' Harper, 1965, > (original 1958), p. 71. > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@lists.netbehaviour.org > https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@lists.netbehaviour.org > https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > -- *=====================================================* *directory http://www.alansondheim.org <http://www.alansondheim.org> tel 347-383-8552**email sondheim ut panix.com <http://panix.com>, sondheim ut gmail.com <http://gmail.com>* *=====================================================*
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