THE WORK AND IDEAS PRESENTED BY JADE MONTSERRAT AND PIPPILOTTI RIST ARTS ‘PERFORMITY’ AND THE POLITICS OF HUMAN BODY Introduction Jade Montserrat, an activist whose artwork is based on the relationship between art and activism, expresses his thoughts through drawing, designing sculptures, filming, live performance, and video installations. Currently, the artist has made a huge transformation on the gallery walls with his charcoal drawn artworks and his designed structures that carry several events that are related to his ideas regarding body care and education. Montserrat started this project in 2018 when he was working in Bluecoat Liverpool Centre for Contemporary Arts residence. During this time, the artist was able to meet various local artists, educators as well as activists. This is where he got to perfectly sharpened his skills in artwork and activism. On the other hand, Pippilotti Rist is known to create very playful video arts. In her artworks, Pippilotti subverted ordinary ideas on how to make use of the screens in the 1980s at a time before carrying small screens in the pocket was not yet seen as…
Chapter 6, “Aquinas’s Program and Two Critics: Karl Barth and Process Theology” What is a “self-evident proposition?” Propositions where predicates are parts of what the subject means. How did Anselm and Aquinas differ on whether and how God was or was not “self-evident”? Anselm argues that from the essence of what God is, it can be concluded that He exists. At the same time, Aquinas differs from this argument because he believes that statement does not give a divine essence suggesting it is not self-evident. Be able to provide a brief definition of the “ontological argument.” An argument o the being or existence of God. What is Thomas Aquinas’s basic procedure when it comes to demonstrating the existence of God? Aquinas connects effects (creation in this case) or actions of God to Him. This establishes the existence and characterization of God accurately. In basic terms, be able to state Thomas Aquinas’s “five ways.” (pp. 104ff.); this comes up in the next chapter as well) The first of the “five ways” demonstrate God as the initial cause of motion, the second…
The three eagles flying The three eagles flying is a self-portrait done by Laura Aguilar in 1990. Laura Aguilar stands with her breast open tied with a heavy rope between the American and the Mexican flag. The lower body is filled with stars, and her face masked with an image of an eagle found in the Mexican court of arms. The portrait is on display at the national museum of Mexican art. As a woman of color and also a lesbian, she drew that image as she belongs to the hidden subculture within a marginalized group. Her work is a depiction of the precarious double identity with her own body often being symbolic. The powerful and beautiful photograph explored the realities of the marginalized group, such as the women, Latinas, working-class, and those with learning disabilities. Laura says she wanted her friend to be the one in the picture, but she refused as she told her it was all about her. Therefore, the main aim of this paper will be analyzing the three eagles flying by Laura Aguilar. Laura Aguilar…
Quotes from the Road by Cormac McCarthy Love and suffering form part of any pursuit of the things that people seek to achieve in life throughout the world. Authors often narrate these two terms in their works, and one of such includes The Road by Cormac McCarthy. The novel tells the story of a father and his son traveling to what may be called present-day Texas. Through a journey filled with love, difficulties of numerous survival moments holding uncertainties including lack of food and shelter and impending threats of death from hostile wild groups, and the inability to know what tomorrow may bring. This paper analyses six quotes from the novel and asks relevant questions that might pop up in the reader’s mind in each event part of the book. The first instance of love and uncertainty arises when they encounter the difficulty of pursuing their journey into their dreamland. The two become obfuscated about progress, and the father feels that they have no known destination, and instead suggests that they turn back. Here the father says to the…
The SNOW Mountain Hotel:Business Partner Model The report is about the introduction of Business Partner Model (BPM) on Snow Mountain Hotel, and it intends to examine the HR theory of the model. The drivers that catalyze the model is the HR, and the report will also look into the effect of having the responsibilities of HR devolved onto line managers. BPM is a primary delivery channel that promotes functional excellence by providing the link between business and the organizational strategy with the main functions being organizational development, facilitating mergers, recruitment and selection and employee development. To achieve the aspirational role of BP, strategic partner, administrative expert, employee champion and change agent are required (Ulrich, 1997). How the BPM is implemented depends on specific influencers which are both internal and external, whereby internal driver’s influences change. The internal drivers can help to support clients to apply new skills which are integrated by their foreign counterparts. Externally, the colleagues work on a strategic level which also helps the business in terms of culture and system. However, HR may not understand specific responsibilities…
The UK music scene In current years, a group of British pop singers with substandard accents has appeared on the UK music scene. Whereas there has been a lot of research that has been carried out on British singers that emulated the American accent, there is less debate regarding British music as well as the shift in music dialects from the optimistic to pessimistic prestige. The British and American English have several differences, and the most obvious difference is the vocabulary. Many words are very different. For instance, the front of a car in the British is referred to as bonnet and whereas in American, it is called hood. Brits in London reside in flats, whereas Americans in New York live in apartments. There is also a difference between Brit’s and American’s English in the usage of collective nouns. For the Americans, collective nouns are used in a singular form. For instance, a group of workers is called staff. However, the collective nouns in British English can be used in either in plural or else singular forms. For instance, Brits…
AI Shopping Chart and Application Introduction This book discusses how companies can reinvent themselves and survive the numerous challenges that result from technological innovations. However, the “Pivot to the Future” methodology is not limited to only challenges that result from technology. It is a critical tool that ambitious leaders can use to ensure that their companies remain afloat in the long term. This essay explores “Pivot to the Future approach,” the insights about it, and also how it can help society and industries understand their consumers better. Consumer insights are pivotal to the survival instincts of many companies in the world today. Analysis The Pivot to the Future is based on companies reading their environment and redefining themselves to remain relevant. Disruption is part and parcel of the corporate world today. Detailed research by Accenture that took years on approximately 3000 business firms indicated that at any juncture, more than 60 percent of the firms were bound to experience disruption. Also, the findings indicate that more than 43 percent of those companies were very susceptible to further disruptions in the…
The So-Called “Spaghetti Western” Film Spaghetti Western, also known as Macaroni or Italian Western, is a vast subgenre of Western films that merged in the mid-1960s. It was during the international box-office success and the awake of Sergio Leone’s film-making style. The American critics used the term Spaghetti Western and also those in other countries as the Italians produced and directed most of these Western. According to Aldo Sambrell, the veteran Spaghetti actor, the “Spaghetti Western” was invented by Alfonso Sanchez, a Spanish journalist. The typical Spaghetti Western team consisted of Italo-Spanish technical staff, an Italian director, and a cast of Italian, Germany, Spanish, and American actors. The majority of Spaghetti Western filmed between the years 1964 and 1978 were made on small budgets and shot at various locations around Spain and southern Italy and Cinecitta studios. Most of the stories took place in the dry landscapes of Northern Mexico and the American Southwest. So the filming locations which they frequented were the Cabo de Gata-Nijar Natural Park and the Tabernas Desert, an area of volcanic origin known for its…
The Liberal Arts Education In general, liberal arts education is a study of “arts and sciences.” Liberal arts education imparts general knowledge and improves the learners’ intellectual abilities hence facilitating innovativeness and creativity. In my discussion, I shall seek to examine the significance of liberal arts education and its contribution to my career and other life endeavors. I shall also discuss the relevance of liberal arts education in the current century. Liberal arts education is important in the modern day world because other than helping one to secure an employment opportunity and earn a considerably higher salary in comparison to high school leavers. Also, upon a further education, a salary equal to those graduated with a qualification in one of the STEM, it also develops a good sense of critical thinking, problem solving skills, and good communication skills (Ungar, 2010). The liberal arts education is relevant to my career. The healthcare field, especially my area of specialization as a nursing practitioner, is dependent on evidence based practices. Liberal arts education stretches our critical thinking and problem solving skills in a…
The Madison Golf Club Madison Golf Club is a private golf club found in La Quinta, California. It is one of the most talked-about private golf clubs globally. The reason I selected Madison Club is that I have been hearing the fame of the club from both the golfers’ lovers and also the club dominate social media as it is referred to as the club that offers the most exceptional golf facilities in the world of golf. Due to this popularity of this club, I would be interested in visiting the club and experiencing the comfort in the club as every person who ever visited the club never stops cherishing the place. Some of the things that attracted me to Madison Club are; one the fact that the club offers the best place for one to be with the family. As a person who likes traveling with my family, I was attracted to this club since it accommodates even people with their families. Another thing that attracted me to this club is that it has the best golf instructors that…