The International Discourse Coloring Contest, conceived by Ian James and executed during CalArts’ MFA Graduate Exhibition, ‘Why Theory’ in 2009 is possibly the ur-event of critical theorist fan art, a treasure trove of quotidian interpretations and phiLOLsophy. The staging of the installation is pure gold too:
Hung on the wall, gallery visitors were encouraged to sit at a kid’s school table, color and post them to the bulletin board. Individually sequenced coloring books were assembled for take away and a small boombox played theory texts on cassette tape, as read by “Vicki,” an Apple Speech voice simulator.
Expect more from this brilliant event.
Thanks to Modern & Im/material Things for the rules pic.
Sigmund Freud, Jason Meicer (Date unknown, Pills)
More here.
portrait de Jacques Derrida, Valerio Adami (Lithograph, 2008)
Immanuel Kant: German Philosopher specializing in Epistemology, Ethics, Logic, and the Theology of the Dark Carnival. His most famous work The Critique of Pure Reason laid the basis of Kantian thought. In later years Kant sought to rectify his philosophy with that of The Mirthful Prophets. Results were often mixed, but where he succeeded he was able to reveal great flashes of insight.
“The history of juggalos can be seen, in the large, as the realization of The Dark Carnival’s secret plan to bring forth a perfectly constituted posse as the only condition in which the capacities of juggalos can be fully developed, and also bring forth that external relation among posses which is perfectly adequate to this end.”
-Immanuel Kant
Another comrade with a taste for the fannish dimensions of intellectual history!
Lacan ridin’ dirty
Albert Camus is no stranger to the popped collar.
It’s not the only photo that I’ve found of him sporting an upturned collar, which is a gesture of defiance toward an uncaring universe into which he was thrown without any say in the matter.
Fans of CTFA should follow The Sartretorialist - we share a spiritual affinity for academic lulz.
painting by Mephistopholus -J. Butler
I guess this is a form of fan art?
Max Weber, victor066 (Oil on Canvas, 2010)
Looking aptly Protestant…
(via juditheffingbutler)
“Judy! is a Judith Butler fanzine from 1992. The existence of a Judith Butler fanzine alone is enough to crack up anyone involved in women’s studies and zines. Dr. Butler’s response to the zine, made by a college undergrad, is documented in the zine and in Lingua Franca. There are also quizzes, letters, photos and paper dolls.” (Barnard Zine Library)
More Foucault! Dude sure has a massive fanbase! This is the cover to Praktyka Teoretyczna nos. 2-3, a Polish journal of critical theory!
Umberto Eco with Bear, Gordon Lester (2003, Gouache on paper)
Jacques Derrida with Bear, Gordon Lester (2003, Gouache on paper)
Michel Foucault with Bear, Gordon Lester (2003, Gouache on paper)
