doing diderot 20 april 2011 luxor live arnhem

On Wednesday April 20 Richard Sennett (author of "the craftsman") was the key-note lecturer in the Doing Diderot symposium in Arnhem. It was a pity he couldn't be there because he was ill, nevertheless the symposium was interesting.
In the whiskey bar of the Luxor Theatre I presented my research into Idolatry and Iconoclasm.
Next week the text will be translated and is going to be published here on this blog.

Moses / Michelangelo / Freud

Moses of Michelangelo in S. Pietro in Vincoli, Rome

 

Drawing of Moses by Sigmund Freud

Drawing of Moses by Sigmund Freud

Drawing of Moses by Sigmund Freud

 

Drawing of Moses by Sigmund Freud

Moses of Michelangelo in S. Pietro in Vincoli, Rome

selfportrait iconoclasm by cutting out

idolatry                        iconoclasm

figurative                     abstract
pornographic              the void

sublime                       extreme

full                                empty

many                            one

something                   nothing

creation                       destruction

inferior                        superior

anarchy                       utopia

cacophony                  silence

polychrome                monochrome

polytheistic                 monotheistic

a mess                         tidy

dirty / polluted          pure / clean

muddy                        clear

complex                     simple
for many                    for few

a begin                       the end