Episode #66: "art stops us in our tracks": Rony Ortiz speaks with Philosopher Whittaker

Timestamps:00:25: Art as Cognition, Ekphrasis and reactions toward imagery in the subconscious01:35: Art as a unique artifact. Cutting through the noise02:35: Modern Art, Duchamp's readymades, Art, bananas. What is Art depends on perception. What is an Artist?04:00: The Swamp Table, not an artifact, but identical to it. Is it Art? And Foucault's take on an Author and Shakespeare. 05:55: Pyrenees Cave Paintings. Art, Communication or both? 07:50: Context colors Aesthetic Experience. Cognitive knowledge bases and the link between perception and cognition10:15: Art reveals you and itself vs Art on its own as a "beautiful object"11:45: What if we can't understand the Art?13:50: Decoding process of Art. Decoding your mindset15:50: Art evokes emotional reactions, the Age of Assertions. 16:50: Catharsis and Suffering. Do we only care because of sympathy?Support the showWebsite: talkpopc.orgInstagram: @talkpopcEmail: [email protected]