2013年1月27日星期日

Study task 4


The Pathology of Collecting

 

This is a video about coins collection. The collector was collected coins by different age, countries and patterns. As he showing in the video, those coins were already out of the function they had. And it was more valuable than the value of the coin. Base on Jean Baudrillard stated that '' In this respect, the objects in our lives, as distinct from the way we make use of them at a given moment, represent something much more, something profoundly related to subjectivity: for while he object is a resistant material body, it is also, simultaneously, a mental realm over which I hold sway, a thing whose meaning is governed by myself alone.''The System of Collecting Furthermore, the personal collector also had his favour piece which was shows that the collection became his daily passion. Then throughout this video, I could understand the object divested of its function clearly. Basically, those coins were still work and trade in the world now. As Jean Baudrillard stated that '' All objects that are possessed submit to the same obstractive operation and participate in a mutual relationship in so far as they each refer back to the subject. They thereby constitute themselve as a system. on the basis of which the subject seeks to piece together his world, his personal microcosm.''The System of Collecting As for the collector those coins came from different countries but now those coins were in his personal system. They will link to each other and obtained the  collector's feeling and memorize.

Bibliography

Jean B, The System of Collecting

website

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVTh5GWHemc&list=FLpRYt5LHVLmw1P4kMpFHWcQ&feature=mh_lolz

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