The Relationships Between Aesthetics Pleasure, Memory and Subjectivation in Cinema Films: The Ontological Analysis of the Film “Brand New Testament” Cover Image

Sinema Filmlerinde Estetik Haz, Bellek Ve Özneleştirme İlişkisi: “Brand New Testament” Filminin Ontolojik Analizi
The Relationships Between Aesthetics Pleasure, Memory and Subjectivation in Cinema Films: The Ontological Analysis of the Film “Brand New Testament”

Author(s): Selçuk Ulutaş
Subject(s): Aesthetics, Film / Cinema / Cinematography, Ontology
Published by: Serdar Öztürk
Keywords: aesthetics; cinema; pleasure; memory; subject; desire; ontology;

Summary/Abstract: Art has been one of the arenas of the human history. We know that cinema was included in this struggle taking place in the imaginative field after the end of nineteenth century. We define the effect of an aesthetic object on the body of an aesthetical subject with the concept of aesthetical pleasure in the aforementioned imaginative field of struggle. Making the aesthetical pleasure understandable and conducting a philosophical discussion on it is related to accepting and aesthetical object as an object of information in terms of ontology. After accepting this, we can start to mention about a designed effect of the aesthetical object on an aesthetical subject. In this study, it is stated that aesthetical pleasure is an affectivity which was formed with the thoughts designed by the artist. The concept of aesthetical pleasure extremely exceeds the general definition of pleasure and describes a multi-dimensional effects created on subjects in social field. Within this context, the objective of the study is to reveal the relationships between the existence of the aesthetical pleasure and the concepts of memory and subjectivation. In the final chapter of the study, the film “Brand New Testament” was analyzed in terms of philosophy of aesthetics and aesthetical pleasure. The method employed in the evaluation is the ontological analysis which was preferred to understand the existence of aesthetical objects. Through this method, it is desired to reveal the memory and subjectivating elements in designs through the intentional images created by the director of the film, namely, through pre-ontological layer.

  • Issue Year: 5/2020
  • Issue No: 9
  • Page Range: 463-480
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Turkish