tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3180776585234453456.post7084653619602168138..comments2023-11-02T03:03:50.168-07:00Comments on CG Art & Animation Blog: UNHEIMLICH?Elly McGregorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11158908209404991023noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3180776585234453456.post-26260764933344458342009-12-02T12:13:37.123-08:002009-12-02T12:13:37.123-08:00Hi,
inside the German word 'Unheimlich' l...Hi,<br /><br />inside the German word 'Unheimlich' lies the word "Heim" which means home. Un- means the opposite. Thus 'Unheimlich' actually describes how you feel 'not at home'.<br /><br />At the same time 'heimlich' also means 'stealthy' or 'covert'. So if un-heimlich works as the opposite of that, then there's room for interpretating that something which should be invisible becomes visible. Which creeps everyone out. =)<br /><br />I'm not entirely which one is correct but they both work as a description I think.Pol Winandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08393870684294849373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3180776585234453456.post-83352037648343732242009-12-01T17:03:13.349-08:002009-12-01T17:03:13.349-08:00another new word to add to your list - check out t...another new word to add to your list - check out the definition of an 'aporia' ...tutorphilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11842833126210822641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3180776585234453456.post-31497564929910664492009-12-01T16:05:26.021-08:002009-12-01T16:05:26.021-08:00abjection seems to be slightly more understandable...abjection seems to be slightly more understandable than unheimlich, but i think as you mentioned, there is a similarity, and i'll be damned if i dont get to the bottom of it. as a word, i understand it, and i'd be able to tell you whether something is or isn't uncanny, but developing something of my own that isn't convetionally uncanny e.g. the puppet, is a different story.Elly McGregorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11158908209404991023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3180776585234453456.post-83297186224648252632009-12-01T15:58:48.588-08:002009-12-01T15:58:48.588-08:00Hey, Elly - Abjection - yes! It's a related co...Hey, Elly - Abjection - yes! It's a related concept and coined by Julia Kristeva; she defines the 'Abject' as anything we must 'thrust away from ourselves in order to live' - so she says the corpse is 'abject' because it represents all that we repress; likewise shit, pus, and blood - bodily fluids - everything we need to be 'away from' in order to be 'alive' and socialised... have fun researching that little lot...<br /><br />and don't worry about the 'hazy' aspect of the uncanny - it's part and parcel' - but the point about uncanny objects is that they're creepy because they resist a final definite 'yes - or no' - i.e. waxworks - did they move out of the corner of my eye, or didn't they? Thereby resides their power to unnerve; Chucky, on the other hand, is a 'resolved object' - it IS alive - so it can no longer possess that awful 'might be' or 'almost' energy...tutorphilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11842833126210822641noreply@blogger.com