Comments on: Memories of Identities, Identities of Memory http://www.deliberatelyconsidered.com/2013/03/memories-of-identities-identities-of-memory/ Informed reflection on the events of the day Wed, 15 Jul 2015 17:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4.23 By: Christiane http://www.deliberatelyconsidered.com/2013/03/memories-of-identities-identities-of-memory/comment-page-1/#comment-26398 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 20:01:00 +0000 http://www.deliberatelyconsidered.com/?p=18044#comment-26398 Good point. The blog seems to have been more earnest about the commemoration angle in the beginning; and when the memorial as a backdrop became a clear trend, their editorializing comments on the photos became more snarky. For example, “commemoration is a dish best served cold” clearly indicates that commemoration doesn’t seem to be the central perceived issue in the photo.

Some photos really feature the memorial in a very conscious way, using its aesthetics and meaning. Those photos, I’d say are more subversive of conventions of space and identity performances precisely because they are clearly not thoughtless. They think differently.

]]> By: Iris http://www.deliberatelyconsidered.com/2013/03/memories-of-identities-identities-of-memory/comment-page-1/#comment-26397 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:30:00 +0000 http://www.deliberatelyconsidered.com/?p=18044#comment-26397 I wonder whether the EasyJet fashion shoot came before the grindr trend. The grindr photos look so much like a spoof on the ad campaign. If one followed the other or not, both are a comment on a culture where people want photographic documentation of themselves in every tourist site, no matter what it is. When we click away, do we stop to think that a memorial to the murdered Jews of Europe is different than the Eiffel Tower? Perhaps the grindr photos are more of a sarcastic joke about this phenomenon, and the serious explanations of persecution came afterwards to ward off criticism of what looks so silly.

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