Abstract
In this article, I will focus on two issues: first, the essential connotations of the Uncanny and the underlying reason for the Uncanny in this study as a phenomenon that reveals the reality behind the appearance of the artwork, i.e., Uncanny as missed lack. The second question focuses on the reasons for locating the Uncanny in a pre-ontological position. For the first question, I will begin by clarifying that the essence of the Uncanny is the direct presentation of Tuché, that is, the confrontation of person with das Ding, that is, the direct presentation of the Real as Lack. This will be distinguished from the concealment and utilisation of the Real in the conscious symbolic order, and the substitution of the Real in the unconscious representational order. Subsequently, I will focus on Tuché as an encounter with the Real can only be grasped as missed, whether in conscious or unconscious structures. This missed form is then linked to the second issue of this study, which is that missed lack, with its paradoxical logical structure, transcends ontological constraints and cannot be anchored by ontological narratives. Because of its paradoxical character, missed lack cannot be described simply as an 'is', but rather as a failed 'is'. In this paper, the discussion of the first issue draws heavily on Lacan's psychoanalytic theory, while the second needs to be supplemented by the related idea of Derrida's aporia. Clarity on both aspects of the Uncanny helps establish a firm precondition for creating paradoxical conceptual artworks.
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Zhi Han, Lancaster University, United Kingdom
Charlie Gere, Lancaster University, United Kingdom
James Quin, Lancaster University, United Kingdom
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Conference: ACAH2024
Stream: Visual Arts Practices
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Han Z., Gere C., & Quin J. (2024) Uncanny As Missed Lack —Uncanny’s Pre-ontological Position as a Premise for Paradoxical Conceptual Art ISSN: 2186-229X – The Asian Conference on Arts & Humanities 2024 Official Conference Proceedings (pp. 249-257) https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2186-229X.2024.24
To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2186-229X.2024.24
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