4. Us and Them¶
Die findige Tieren mercken es schon / daß wir nicht wirklich sehr verläßlich zu Haus sind / in der gedeuteten Welt.
– Reiner Maria Rilke
Introduction: Relations and Rituals¶
During this session, we talk about groups, communities, societies. Why is it that we feel ourselves connected with some (group of) people and not with others, why do the things we do or like resonate with some people and not with others?
We will look into the role stories and rituals play in creating bondings between people – on different levels, on different time-scales and on different locations. Following Hartmut Rosa, we will introduce the concept of horizontal, vertical and diagonal resonance-axis and the role these play in world-opening.
Tatsächlich liegt hier eine elementare Funktion des Ritus verborgen: Rituale stiften soziokulturell etablierte Resonanzachsen, entlang deren vertikale (zu Göttern, zum Kosmos, zur Zeit und zur Ewigkeit), horizontale (in der sozialen Gemeinschaft) und diagonale (auf die Dinge bezogene) Resonanzbeziehungen erfahrbar werden. (Rosa, 2022, p.297)
Here in fact lies one of the elementary functions of ritual. Rituals establish sociocultural axes of resonance along which may be experienced three different kinds of resonant relationship: vertical (e.g. to the gods, the cosmos, time, or eternity), horizontal (within one's social community), and diagonal (with respect to things). (Rosa, 2019, p.173)
Examples¶
| Who | What | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Campbell | Pong played by a Crowd | Youtube |
| Patrick Jean | Attack of the Pixels | Youtube |
| Tino Sehgal | These Associations | Youtube |
| Rirkrit Tiravanija | Cooking Up an Art Experience | MoMa |
| Blast Theory | Can You See Me Now? | BlastTheory.com |
Lectures¶
Literature¶
- Ivan Márquez, 2014, Analysis of Jimmy Nelson’s Before They Pass Away. Download the pdf
- Rosa, 2022, §IX.3: Die Kraft der Kunst (pp.472-500; English edition: The Power of Art, pp,280-296)