Art & the Body/Postmodern Conceptualism, Digital Photography & Video Flashcards
abject
literally means “the state of being cast off.” In usage it has connotations of degradation, baseness and meanness of spirit.
embodied experience
The primary principle of embodiment holds that all experience registers in the body, brain, and mind. It also involves the innate capacity to learn and adapt to a change in the environment.
installation art
an artistic genre of site-specific, three-dimensional works designed to transform the perception of a space.
panopticism
including everything visible in one view.

Malediction (1992) • Ann Hamilton

Shanghai (2000) • Andreas Gursky

Rebellious Silence (1994) • Shirin Neshat

Metal Work (1992) • Fred Wilson

Corps étranger [Foreign Body] (1994) • Mona Hatoum