Episode #60: Complex Systems & The Social Construction of Meaning in Art: Ben Porter with Resident Philosopher Whittaker @ Bryant Park

Timestamps:00:19: Defining Art as Cognition: We're still arguing about what Art and Cognition mean03:15: Duchamp & What art can be: The social world and interconnectivity.04:15: Art is High Cognition: Cognition in the process of crafting.05:55: Modern Art, Michael Fried: Paintings don't care about you. The enclosed world in self-contained art.09:15: Art as a Crystallized Moment: Incomprehensibly complex network of social relationships that can form meaning11:25: Kant, Genius: Generative power to create a perfect fit. Bach isn't just random sound. Is genius capacity the end of the line?13:20: Identical Twins: Vastly different complexities of relationships. Beyond the pale.14:35: The Role of the Artist: Relationships between viewer and artist. 17:00: Camp, Susan Sontag and Time: Bad horror movies of the 80s. Our chronological distance allows us to experience them as camp.Support the showWebsite: talkpopc.orgInstagram: @talkpopcEmail: [email protected]