Blue de Derek Jarman: crónica de una muerte anunciada

Blue of the British painter and film-maker Derek Jarman is probably the only case of an abstract and monochrome film, though there are some precedents in video-art and experimental cinema. From an ideological point of view the film is strictly related to art of identity and gay activism from the 80-ies. There’s also an aesthetic similarity to the series of abstract paintings called Queer by Derek Jarman. While in Blue Jarman accepts his own situation and the proximity of death, in his painitngs of the 90-ies he expressed his discrepancy with the politics of Thatcher’s government towards the AIDS victims.Blue del cineasta y pintor británico Derek Jarman es probablemente el único caso de un cine abstracto monocromo, aunque cuenta con algunos precedentes formales en el cine experimental y el video-arte. Desde el punto de vista ideológico la película está relacionada estrechamente con el arte de identidad y activista gay de los años 80. Guarda también una proximidad estética con la serie pictórica Queer de Jarman. A diferencia de Blue en el que Jarman acepta la enfermedad y la cercanía de la muerte, los cuadros de los años 90 son una expresión de protesta, sobre todo contra el trato que recibían los enfermos de sida en el Reino Unido gobernado pro Margaret Thatcher

Freemasonic symbology in Cremaster 3 of Matthew Barney

La obra de Cremaster 3 (2002) de Matthew Barney constituye un ejemplo paradigmático de la complejidad simbólica y estética de la creación audiovisual de algunos autores contemporáneos. A través de la profundidad iconóligca en masonería, su autor logra plasmar una adaptación de la Leyenda de masónica de la muerte de Hiram, arquitecto del Templo de Salomón en un espacio arquitectónico emblemático como el Edificio Chrysler. Para esta producción, que sirve de nexo narrativo entre sus otros cuatro Cremaster, el artista toma sincréticamente las herramientas proporcionadas por los hermetismos simbólicos y el análisis documental de la estética masónica, formulando así una creación que permite entrever los sentidos de la obra de arte total, en su significado wagneriano actual.Matthew Barney in his film cycle Cremaster uses all kinds of symbolism and mythologies from different areas, epochs, and different cultures. He creates his own mythology based on emblematic figures from “high” and popular culture like Norman Mailer and Johnny Cash, Harry Houdini and Ursula Andress; and in case of Cremaster 3, the American sculptor Richard Serra and the model Aimée Mullins. Barney also employs all kind of genres like western movies, opera or a music-hall. In Cremaster 3, he makes use of two different forms such as slapstick comedy and performance in the part called The Order. What unifies both parts of the film is the Masonic symbolism and the legend of Hiram. The artist employs different elements of the Masonic Iconology but always changing its original context, and elaborates his own personal mythology just as he did in the other parts of the Cycle

Derek Jarman’s Blue: Chronicle of a death foretold.

Blue of the British painter and film-maker Derek Jarman is probably the only case of an abstract and monochrome film, though there are some precedents in video-art and experimental cinema. From an ideological point of view the film is strictly related to art of identity and gay activism from the 80-ies. There’s also an aesthetic similarity to the series of abstract paintings called Queer by Derek Jarman. While in Blue Jarman accepts his own situation and the proximity of death, in his painitngs of the 90-ies he expressed his discrepancy with the politics of Thatcher’s government towards the AIDS victims