old, unaccepted submission. bury that

·        Art Theory: philosophy that deals with the nature, expression, and validity of the concept ‘art’. In the 70’s and 80’s theory shifted towards semiotics and identity politics.

·        Semiotics: (Saussure) the study of language and signs in relation to what they refer to (objective world), those who use them, and systems of structure (syntax).

·        Theater of Cruelty: (Artaud) experimental form of theater linked to surrealist and avant-garde movements.

·        The Iron Curtain: symbolize the political, physical, and ideological boundaries between the Soviet Union and the West following WWII, from 1945-1990.

[More Theater Notes]

Void. Art major. Objective. Theory. Develop. Deviate. Participate. Expanded version, discuss visuals, electronic submission. Read. Aristotle, avant-garde. Post.

Artland and Theater Cruelty. Modern. Bolt. Epic. Samuel Beckett. Mad Theater, crossing boundaries.

Iron curtain. Read. Post.

Open. Puppet.

·        All text was extracted from the notes taken during the first meeting of a culture/theater class.

·        Void: it was the only class I dropped during my undergraduate career.

·        Art Major: I was a Fine/Studio Arts major and doodled this while introducing myself.

·        Electronic Submissions:  are often used to scan assignments for plagiarism. Note: an artist friend of mine wrote an essay entirely by cutting and pasting text from public documents as an art piece and it passed the leading anti-plagiarism software.

·        Samuel Beckett: I was very excited; underlined his name twice.

·        Puppet: My notes got fuzzy after Bunraku (Japanese puppet theater).