Gallows
on
the
Square
TYPE: ACADEMY ASSIGNMENT
DATE: 19—12—2022
PRACTICE(S): research writing, bookmaking, print production, directing
Gallows on the Square is a collection of two essays I wrote during my second academic year at WdKA, and a result of various assignments and exercises from classes organised during this period. These essays comprise of a commentary-esque breakdown of French philosopher Guy Debord’s writings in his book The Society of the Spectacle. Specifically on his sixth chapter, which researches the dimension of time: ‘Spectacular Time’. The Situationist principles, literature and the ideas of ‘The Society of the Spectacle’ are rather difficult to decipher and digest. It is therefore that I opted for a more comprehensible piece of media to assist in unfolding the theoretical subjects; Charles ‘Charlie’ Chaplin’s film: City Lights, released in 1931. Chaplin’s characters are the tonality of my investigation, giving shape and simplicity to Debord’s condensed wording. Making it relatable and even applicable to our modern-day.
Gallows on the Square is a collection of two essays I wrote during my second academic year at WdKA, and a result of various assignments and exercises from classes organised during this period. These essays comprise of a commentary-esque breakdown of French philosopher Guy Debord’s writings in his book The Society of the Spectacle. Specifically on his sixth chapter, which researches the dimension of time: ‘Spectacular Time’. The Situationist principles, literature and the ideas of ‘The Society of the Spectacle’ are rather difficult to decipher and digest. It is therefore that I opted for a more comprehensible piece of media to assist in unfolding the theoretical subjects; Charles ‘Charlie’ Chaplin’s film: City Lights, released in 1931. Chaplin’s characters are the tonality of my investigation, giving shape and simplicity to Debord’s condensed wording. Making it relatable and even applicable to our modern-day.