Studying Visual Culture
1. When talking about and describing visual culture I want to make sure I am asking more alternative questions and bringing a curious eye into the discussion. I will include inclusive words and look through different perspectives to further question and try to seek out new ideas and values within other visual cultures.
2. It is important to ask new and alternative questions in visual culture because change cannot come about when we are discussing old questions and old knowledge. The visual culture will not develop further than where it is if we are not testing these boundaries by asking new questions and seeking out new knowledge.
3. I will use my own words to restate Rogoff's arguments on "speaking out" and "speaking to" by claiming and retelling narrative as opposed to speaking about them. Speaking to the story or narrative leaves room for a deeper and more insightful conversation to be held when retelling a narrative as opposed to speaking about it where you only partially partake in the conversations and questions being told and asked.
4. Talking about "good eyes" as opposed to "curious eyes" I agree with Rogoff's opinion and think that we should start more of this curious eye mentality. I think that the unframing of the previously put in place conventional values is important for studying visual culture today in further questioning things and looking at things with a curious eye rather than a good eye is what will bring more of these questions to light and help visual culture expand and grow. If we do not change the way we view things and become more curious I feel that we will be sticking to these old questions and old knowledge that we should be branching away from and continue seeking new knowledge through alternative questions.
5. Gaze in visual cultural studies talks about this implied gaze that is usually thought about or present within imagery and it is something the artist will consider when creating an image or will imply in their imagery. The term 'gaze' can look very different depending on the imagery we are looking at.
6. By living more critically in a visual culture will open up more opportunities for curiosity to come through and new questions to be asked. Even when making imagery in a more critical visual culture can open up more opportunities for the artist to take their ideas even further than maybe they would not have if they had not questioned their ideas before and been more curious.
7. Question: How do we break down the barriers of territorialized knowledge and gain new knowledge in a way that does not 'redraw them along another formulated set of lines'?