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In addition to emotional interpretations of ''The Waste Land'', many fascinating derivative works exist throughout the web, one of which is Dave Cole's [http://dodge-gallery.com/cgi-bin/DODGE?s=exhibitions&v=20107231670799676536303116 ''Unreal City''] (referring, of course, back to the Unreal City of Eliot's poem). Cole, who specializes in sculpture, uses objects and ideas of fierce connotation and juxtaposes them in such a way as to change or call into question their usual meaning. A pair of loaded shotguns is displayed in place of knitting needles for an enormous hanging of spun bronze, a grassy landscape is assembled from carved bullet casings, tank treads are cast in salt, making for an uneasy tension between beauty and destruction, life and war. The inspiration clearly arises from the dismal, emptied lines of ''The Waste Land'', but they also speak with a voice of their own. The waste land of this gallery is not the trenches of Europe, but the home turf of the United States; in this way, the artist appears to take the impression he has gleaned from the palimpsest of ''The Waste Land'' and proceeds to write in his own layer. | In addition to emotional interpretations of ''The Waste Land'', many fascinating derivative works exist throughout the web, one of which is Dave Cole's [http://dodge-gallery.com/cgi-bin/DODGE?s=exhibitions&v=20107231670799676536303116 ''Unreal City''] (referring, of course, back to the Unreal City of Eliot's poem). Cole, who specializes in sculpture, uses objects and ideas of fierce connotation and juxtaposes them in such a way as to change or call into question their usual meaning. A pair of loaded shotguns is displayed in place of knitting needles for an enormous hanging of spun bronze, a grassy landscape is assembled from carved bullet casings, tank treads are cast in salt, making for an uneasy tension between beauty and destruction, life and war. The inspiration clearly arises from the dismal, emptied lines of ''The Waste Land'', but they also speak with a voice of their own. The waste land of this gallery is not the trenches of Europe, but the home turf of the United States; in this way, the artist appears to take the impression he has gleaned from the palimpsest of ''The Waste Land'' and proceeds to write in his own layer. | ||
| − | The constant fluidity that exists in the flurries of information that inhabit the Web 2.0 space has a twofold effect on the legacy of ''The Waste Land''. The potential for any person of any background to present his or her own interpretations and impressions of the poem causes, on an individual level, the possibility of overinterpretation and obscured meaning; however, as an overall body of work, it can be argued that ''The Waste Land'' is actually given a sort of life and growth. | + | The constant fluidity that exists in the flurries of information that inhabit the Web 2.0 space has a twofold effect on the legacy of ''The Waste Land''. The potential for any person of any background to present his or her own interpretations and impressions of the poem causes, on an individual level, the possibility of overinterpretation and obscured meaning; however, as an overall body of work, it can be argued that ''The Waste Land'' is actually given a sort of life and growth. In a way, ''The Waste Land'' becomes a little less barren. |
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