There's another blog post to be written which I don't yet have the wherewithal to compose. It's to do with looking and porn and what Hirschhorn (after Bataille) says about The Eye. And to do with siding with the victim (hence my current strong attraction to Bachmann) rather than with the perpetrator because it's an easier position to own up to. And it's to do with what Hirschhorn has to say about us all being both victims and perpetrators.
Porn and The Eye came up quite a bit in the discussion this evening. I was trying to formulate something but it's a long way off being a question yet.
The eye looks for the red, says TH.
I've been thinking about eyes and penetration.
And about those who feel assaulted by the banner.
And about a kind of resurgence of confidence I'm finding in myself about looking and showing.
All those old debates about the gaze and the gender of the viewer seem to be finding new relevance. And I've got a first year student who is making work investigating heterosexual masculinity.
As capitalism crumbles around our ears.
It's a good (exhilarating/frightening) time.
