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Deconstruction Essay / Artwork
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Posted 04/26/08 - 08:25 AM:
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Hello everyone,

I just finished a theory based artwork that I thought might interest some of you. It's an essay on deconstruction that simultaneously deconstructs the very notion of an essay (I know that sounds somewhat convoluted). There is a pretty in depth explanation/analysis directly following the piece. You can find it here: Deconstruction Essay.

Any critiques or general comments on the essay/artwork would be very much appreciated.

Thank you for your time,
-- Paolo Unger Dvorchik

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Deconstruction is a term in contemporary philosophy, literary criticism, and the social sciences, denoting a process by which the texts and languages of Western philosophy (in particular) appear to shift and complicate in meaning when read in light of the assumptions and absences they reveal within themselves.
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Posted 04/30/08 - 05:25 PM:
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Okay, to be fair. Deconstructive critiques usually, when they're successful, look towards a text to use the text against the rules established in supposed totality of a text (its closure). A dictionary definition really doesn't suffice for the meat of a deconstructive argument. But it's a good definition. But a good deconstruction is a demonstration, a gesture and a movement of text.

You should probably read Spivak's introduction to Of Grammatology. It's good.

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