Virtuality in Hogarth
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Virtual -
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Virtuality – Reality
Internal vs. External
Internal virtuality is the kind of virtual reality when we read—it
happens inside our own heads. It remains and is influenced by our sense of style.
External is found in comics.
The following is an exercise in what out internal viruality appears when reading Max Ernst's collage-like surreal comics.
A
Weekness of Kindness or The Seven Deadly Elements
The
sequence follows the exploits of an enchantress and her ties with poultry, both
in ways of public display and creatures who have the bodies of men and women
but the heads of chickens.It seems that most of the story has to do with the
frivolity of happiness for it is fleeting.
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1: An enchantress dances with a chicken, possibly for coins.
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2: A large chicken-human creature finds the enchantress on her death bed with
the help of her little chicken.
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3: Two large chicken creatures try to stop the angel of death from taking the
enchantress through supernatural means.
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4: They unearth the enchantress and revive her, much to her confusion and
dismay.
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5: They come to find the enchantress, expecting her to be asleep in her bed but
find that she has taken her own life in the middle of the night.
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