{"id":214,"date":"2007-08-05T19:04:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-05T23:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orbittrap.ca\/?p=214"},"modified":"2007-08-05T19:04:00","modified_gmt":"2007-08-05T23:04:00","slug":"who-dissected-roger-rabbit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/orbittrap.ca\/?p=214","title":{"rendered":"Who Dissected Roger Rabbit"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"Who<\/a><\/p>\n

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Who Dissected Roger Rabbit (2007) <\/em><\/p>\n

The function of art is to disturb. Science reassures.<\/em>
—Georges Braque<\/a><\/p>\n

Andrea Yates believed that cartoon characters told her she was a bad mother who fed her children too much candy…<\/em>
—Court TV News<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n

For some reason, disembowelment and bloodshed is a helluva lot funnier when it’s animated<\/a>. We have no idea why. It’s just the way it is.<\/em>
—Atom Films<\/a><\/p>\n

This image has, well, guts<\/a>. <\/p>\n

There’s been quite a bit of talk on this blog about breaking the traditional assumptions that fractal art is grounded in an aesthetics of beauty<\/a>. Fractals are abstract. So how can they “mean” anything? And, if they are non-referential, does this imply they can only be wildly pleasing to the eye<\/a>? Exhibit A: Another saturated spiral<\/a> explodes from its slick paper as one turns over each new month in a Fractal Universe<\/em> calendar.<\/p>\n

Still, there has also been plenty of talk here lately about “ugly” fractals. Fractals “with dirty faces.” Fractals that refuse to be eye candy. Fractals that assault rather than soothe<\/a> the senses.<\/p>\n

Is my image today in bad taste? Or merely a comment on the exaggerated violence<\/a> found in many cartoons. After all, a far worse fate usually awaits Tom<\/a> in every Tom and Jerry short. Lawnmowers shaving him from tail to skull. A falling iron transforming the top of his head into a landing strip.<\/p>\n

Wile E. Coyote<\/a> gets today’s picture — even if Itchy and Scratchy<\/a> feel it doesn’t go far enough.<\/p>\n

One of Tex Avery’s whistling wolves<\/a> getting smashed with a frying pan<\/a> that turns his face into a dinner plate is funny. Cartoon characters whispering to Andrea Yates<\/a> and telling her to drown her kids in a bathtub is not funny.<\/p>\n

And fractals, as art, can steer viewers<\/a> either way.<\/p>\n

So is my image today disturbing? Or as funny as being pulverized into an accordion shape by a falling anvil<\/a>? Or is it just silly or pretentious or bland. Whatever. You — the viewer — get to decide.<\/p>\n

But I’m betting it’s not pretty.<\/p>\n

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Upper left corner detail of Who Dissected Roger Rabbit <\/em><\/p>\n

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Image made with Sterling-ware and post-processed until I chased it off a cliff, waved goodbye<\/a>, and disappeared downward leaving only a small cloud of smoke<\/a> behind.<\/p>\n

Rooms with a View<\/a>. Please note the new address. Regular readers will know why I was forced to move<\/a>.
Blog with a View<\/a><\/p>\n

Technorati Tags:<\/strong> fractal<\/a>, fractal art<\/a>, digital art<\/a>, art<\/a>, cartoon violence<\/a>, roger rabbit<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Who Dissected Roger Rabbit (2007) The function of art is to disturb. Science reassures.—Georges Braque Andrea Yates believed that cartoon characters told her she was a bad mother who fed her children too much candy…—Court TV News For some reason, disembowelment and bloodshed is a helluva lot funnier when it’s animated. 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