300 - The Role of Art in Identity - Princeton Scala Conference
The Symbolic World
Jonathan Pageau
4.8 • 824 Ratings
🗓️ 28 July 2023
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
In this talk, I address art and its relation to memory and identity, especially as applicable on the civil level. Public art forms part of and is a reflection o our common identity. I also discuss the unique opportunity in sacred art, which connects us not only to each other but also objective reality, the ultimate source of all identities.
YouTube version: https://youtu.be/mfDm4VefkJg
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Original post by Scala Foundation: Jonathan Pageau at Scala Conference 2023: "Memory and the Role of Art in Identity" - https://youtu.be/VvQH04Mhc2k
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Warmup discussion: The Mother of God - Scala Foundation webinar - https://youtu.be/A68n2M4iFFY
Playlist of all the talks at the event: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRZHnw30gpFeBFtZE-wsj5or0BdQtIMjh
Scala Foundation website: https://scalafoundation.org/
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Timestamps:
00:00:00 - Preview clip
00:01:17 - Introduction
00:03:38 - Start of talk: The start of his icon carving career
00:05:29 - The current perception of art
00:08:46 - A more universal vision of art
00:14:22 - Ancient art and coming together
00:17:54 - Art binds us to what's most important
00:20:01 - Secular participative art
00:22:53 - The breakdown of public art
00:27:10 - Identity and opposition
00:31:17 - Remembering the origin
00:34:57 - Art gone wrong: Babel and propaganda
00:40:21 - The Christian vision of art
00:50:03 - The final image
00:53:05 - End of talk
00:53:13 - Question: Heavenly Jerusalem
00:58:03 - Q: Are the arts up to the task?
01:07:35 - Q: What does repentance look like civically?
01:10:00 - Q: Connecting te Church and the home
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| 0:00.0 | This is a monument in Montreal. |
| 0:02.8 | It's in Montreal. |
| 0:03.4 | That's why I care about it so much. |
| 0:04.7 | You know, the museum of fine art bought a church across from itself and used it to show art. |
| 0:11.4 | And so the beautiful old church, you know, and then they commissioned a monument to put in front of the church. |
| 0:18.6 | And this is the monument. |
| 0:22.2 | The transformation is full, right broken empty angel whose wings are falling off that has an empty chest that has no face |
| 0:31.8 | you know that is half mechanical half flesh you don't know what it is. And these types of statements, they're not arbitrary, right? |
| 0:41.0 | It's like, if I take a picture of your mother and I rip it, like, you know what that means. |
| 0:47.1 | You know, if I show a disfigured version of someone you love, you know what that means. |
| 0:52.6 | You know what that means. |
| 1:04.8 | Yeah. of someone you love, you know what that means. This is Jonathan Pejo. |
| 1:07.0 | Welcome to the symbolic world. |
| 1:18.3 | Thank you. Welcome to the symbolic world. Well, welcome back for this panel. |
| 1:20.7 | We are pleased to welcome Jonathan Pajot, |
| 1:24.3 | who will be speaking to us about memory and the role of art and identity. |
| 1:29.6 | Jonathan Pajot is a professional artist, writer, and public speaker who comes to us from Quebec, Canada. |
| 1:36.4 | He lectures in universities, conferences, and numerous venues on art and the symbolic structures |
| 1:43.0 | that underlie our experience of the world. |
| 1:46.3 | If you're like me, you first encounter Jonathan through one of his many engaging YouTube |
| 1:51.7 | conversations on the symbolic world. |
| 1:54.4 | And if you're not already one of his 177,000 YouTube followers, I encourage you to sign up. That number indicates that the topics we're |
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