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Alex Garcia Topete

The Spectator and the Muses

Tag: art-theory

Creation in Chaos

Posted on October 8, 2019September 6, 2019 by Alex Garcia Topete

How to understand the semiotic determination of a work of art, particularly considering the interactive quality of art itself? While… Read more Creation in Chaos

Experiencing Quantum Aesthetics

Posted on October 1, 2019September 6, 2019 by Alex Garcia Topete

How to define the interaction between an observer and a work of art, not only in cases in which the… Read more Experiencing Quantum Aesthetics

The Flow of Artistic Expression

Posted on September 17, 2019September 6, 2019 by Alex Garcia Topete

How to explain and understand Tavares Strachan’s The Distance Between What We Have and What We Want (2005-2006), a work… Read more The Flow of Artistic Expression

Shakespeare y el Imprevisto Probable

Posted on February 20, 2018 by Alex Garcia Topete

Para poder comprender la magnitud de las obras Shakespeareanas, es necesario estar consciente del contexto en que se dieron. El… Read more Shakespeare y el Imprevisto Probable

Live Once and Again

Posted on August 28, 2017 by Alex Garcia Topete

Ever heard the phrase “you see your life flash before your eyes when you’re about to die”? Well, let me… Read more Live Once and Again

BOOK REVIEW: Ways of Seeing

Posted on May 16, 2017 by Alex Garcia Topete

Ways of Seeing by John Berger My rating: 4 of 5 stars Berger’s WAYS OF SEEING shouldn’t be considered a… Read more BOOK REVIEW: Ways of Seeing

Self-Determined Sacrifice

Posted on July 28, 2013July 28, 2013 by Alex Garcia Topete

Since the middle of the nineteenth century, the Western culture has struggled to conciliate its Christian tradition with the philosophical… Read more Self-Determined Sacrifice

The Three Hitchcocks

Posted on August 14, 2012July 28, 2013 by Alex Garcia Topete

            Every time I have to face the question “do I like Alfred Hitchcock?” I find… Read more The Three Hitchcocks

There’s No “Genius” without “Gin”

Posted on August 28, 2011June 12, 2012 by Alex Garcia Topete

Looking at the history of American literature, it’s easy to conclude that perhaps its brightest epoch shined during the times… Read more There’s No “Genius” without “Gin”

The Superreality of Cinema and Television

Posted on August 28, 2011July 18, 2016 by Alex Garcia Topete

  How to understand that most of the best pieces of cinema and television (and for that matter, the best… Read more The Superreality of Cinema and Television

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