Open AccessCollaged Culture
Author(s) -
Larissa Mellor
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
anthropological journal of european cultures
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.242
H-Index - 7
eISSN - 1755-2931
pISSN - 1755-2923
DOI - 10.3167/ajec.2017.260206
Subject(s) - german , context (archaeology) , inheritance (genetic algorithm) , sociology , visual arts , aesthetics , state (computer science) , visual culture , art , history , linguistics , philosophy , computer science , biochemistry , chemistry , archaeology , algorithm , gene
This article explores the relationship between my cultural inheritanceand its impact on my work as a visual artist. Questions in the workrelated to language and geography are tied to my lived experience.These themes led me to explore the contemporary context of Germanclubs in the United States. I found the art process of collage –cutting and pasting to rearrange parts on a surface – to be an aptvisual for the position of the German clubs today, arriving at the term‘collaged culture’. Similarities between visual art and life reveal thatboth carry histories. By investigating the relationships between these,we can better perceive the current state of the work of art.