Why I'm Studying...

I'm study Art History in The Chile University.  I decided study this course when I was 18 years old.
I choosed this course because I like the art since childhood. I remember that the first time I visited Bellas Artes museum It was a exhibition Roberto Matta paints. I was 10 years old.  I felt surprised when I looked "Ojo con los desarrolladores..." by Matta.  Since my 10 years old that interesting the styles sculpture, paints, etching and perfomance.
My experience with the art  is  very important in my life. Because, in my decision influenced my visited to different museum of Santiago and others city. I felt enjoyment when looked the colours and shapes.
I like about the subject is the possibility of write about the  Artwork, artist and investigate about the aesthetic. However, I dislike about the subject is the shortage of work and few art journal that publish research article.
I intend to do graduate  at 2015. I should write myn thesis of Art History to I graduate. My thesis is about the performance by Gustavo Solar and others artists chileans of  The Fractal.
I think that the Art History is very important to culture and development  knowledge.

 

Something you are reading

Something you are reading 

At the moment I am reading a book entitled “Homo sacer. El poder soberano y la nuda vida I” published in 1998. This book is written by the European intellectual Giorgio Agamben. This Italian philosopher is a very important intellectual of the second half of the twentieth century and twenty one century.  His books are critical analyses about “Biopolitics” (the relation between political power and individual life) and global socio-political issues in general.

This important book is part of the readings of the course “Work and materiality”. This course belongs to the undergraduate Programme of History of the Art at the University of Chile. Since March of 2014 I am working as academic assistant of a Literature Professor who teaches this course. My job is to explain and discuss this Agamben's book with the students of the course. I also have to give them help with the final assessment of the course: they have to write an essay on any topic of this book they could find interesting.

The book is very complex and interesting. It mentions a number of philosophers and analyses their fundamental ideas to understand the meaning and dynamics of biopolitics in the twentieth century. The book explains how human life can lose its value. Moreover, the author analyses how people can become to think that some human beings can be exterminated by reasons like race, different ideology or religion and gives some historical examples like the Jewish Holocaust and the Nazi doctrine.

Reading this book is really entertaining for me because I love philosophy and social sciences and also love teaching to young university students.