[-empyre-] Queer *Is* Violent: Response to Part of Judith's Position/Statement

[virginia solomon]

did someone (Robert?) already mention "Bartleby the Scrivener" in this
connection?

right, totally, Bartleby is another great example


I wonder now whether the means, 'alteration
> and fever' around 'inaction' is an aesthetic mode that allows us to
> let the comprehension of violence seep into us, even against wishes to
> stay normal, follow the action, look at a picture
> the usual way, ie go to the theatre, watch the dance, leave the
> theatre, unscathed.  This is a situation sort of like Bacon's tripych
> painting of his lover George Dyer.
>
> I think the seeping of violence is an apt visualization of the violence
Judith, if I understand her correctly, and I are presenting against the
'physical'. and the way in which the audience's presence enables the
operation to occur (much like Mercer discusses in relation to Mapplethorphe
in 'skin head sex thing'), is this relational? is it just reception?

another thought - how do we, do we want to, can we, distinguish between the
relational and the participatory? it seems to me like the difference is
important for how we think the relational as an operation (that word again,
sorry), as Robert and Judith present it as more than just the participatory.



-- 
Virginia Solomon
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