by Elif Baysak | Sun Jan, 2023 | Baysak, Philosophical
In Unconscious as a Machine: Part I – Structuralist, we have determined that the structuralist sees a fixed, unified, singular image – the originating event organizing one’s psychosexual development is at the root of every unconscious desire and though–and...
by Elif Baysak | Tue Dec, 2022 | Baysak, Philosophical
What does it mean to fix someone? Is the human mind something fixable—like a machine? For something to be fixed, it needs to have set boundaries. The unconscious can in fact be thought of as a machine. The definition of a machine as ‘an assemblage of parts designed...
by Elif Baysak | Thu Oct, 2022 | Art History and Theory, Baysak
Born Watraud Lehner in 1940, the Austrian performance artist abandoned her predetermined identity by creating her own, on her terms. Her self-determined name served as a manifesto and a logo, written only in capital letters to announce her presence: VALIE EXPORT....
by Elif Baysak | Thu Oct, 2022 | Art History and Theory, Baysak
The mosaic absurdity that is My Onliness—the child of One-Eighth Theater, IRT Theater, and New Ohio Theater—is an avant-garde experience to say the least. The spirit of the Polish playwright, painter, and philosopher Stanislaw Witkacy, a precursor to the Theater of...
by Elif Baysak | Fri Sep, 2022 | Art History and Theory, Baysak
To recite the eloquent reflection of Christopher Innes, avant-garde describes “What is new at any given time: the leading edge of artistic experiment, which is continually outdated by the next step forward”. The word leading is suiting as the word’s origin is rooted...
