The Crime Scene: Reflections on the Contemporary Stage

The "crime scene" holds a privileged place in the staging of contemporary reality through the media. But, what is the heuristic benefit of such legal gaze into reality? What can we see when the world is framed as the space of a crime? Using examples from contemporary visual arts, this...

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Autor principal: Schøllhammer, Karl Erik
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Publicado: Pontificia Universidad Javeriana 2014
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Acceso en línea:http://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/memoysociedad/article/view/8292
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Sumario:The "crime scene" holds a privileged place in the staging of contemporary reality through the media. But, what is the heuristic benefit of such legal gaze into reality? What can we see when the world is framed as the space of a crime? Using examples from contemporary visual arts, this essay discusses the bridge that this scenario offers towards memory and the historical present, providing elements for the formulation of a forensic aesthetic.