[Xmca-l] Re: Imagination;semiotic mediation

[Huw Lloyd]

http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/cover-story-2016-03-28

A comic version of the (pseudo-science) phrenology sculpture with short
fingers.

It's a vertically raised, rather than open-forward raised, left hand,
suggesting a posture of swearing allegiance. Sickly colours.

Huw



On 27 March 2016 at 04:43, mike cole <mcole@ucsd.edu> wrote:

> I invite comment on the process of interpreting images using the most
> recent New Yorker cover as an example. They often strike me as especially
> rich condensed representations.
> They are one of the means I use to think about Eisenshtein, who David has
> brought into recent discussions to useful effect.
>
> How do you interpret the raised hand and inscriptions to be found at
> newyorker.com if you scroll down the page. The leftmost image with a hand.
> How do you interpret it from first impression to reflective summary/label?
>
> If this proves interesting the cover with the stop sign would be a second
> choice.
>
> Mike
>
>
> --
>
> It is the dilemma of psychology to deal as a natural science with an object
> that creates history. Ernst Boesch
>