Mar
12th
2024
The Absurdity of Existence: Transformed Roles of Consciousness and Sexuality in Artaud’s "To Have Done with the Judgment of God" and Oshii’s "Ghost in the Shell" · 4:28pm March 12th
The absurd in the works of art can be expressed through multiple forms, including text, music, videos, and pictures among others. In order to examine how it is created in different types of media and compare the absurd as presented by two artists, two passages from Artaud’s To Have Done with the Judgment of God (pages 71-72) and Oshii’s Ghost in the Shell (47:49-49:54) were chosen. Artaud and Oshii examine the absurdity of existence, consciousness, and experience by using
