on my blog i recently wrote a short article about titles in art. just "titles" in general. i find this an interesting read for those of you who like to expand their conception about the arts and peoples habits.
here the links
part 1
[link]part 2
[link]and to give you a small example of what you get, here is the part from the essay that is about my recent works (you may have noticed the rather strange titles i gave them):
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With my last series of photos I wanted to parody this whole topic. I gave the images I shot purely random titles, which do not refer to anything at all and do not make much sense – especially in connection with the image it SHOULD name! Some of the titles are quotes from movies and series, some are gibberish, some are words I just read seconds before I entered the title. The only intentional thing I did when giving all the titles was paying attention to the fact that the title should not make any logical reference to the picture. So when I accidentally came up with a random title which seriously could be interpreted with the image in an at least slightly logical way, I changed the title again, until it finally did not make any more sense.
And yes, I find this comedic! It is meant to be funny. The images should stand for themselves, they present certain moods and tell you about geometrics and stuff like that. But they don't try to tell you what those are, because it is up to you. Any logical title would force the viewer to stick to a more specific interpretation which he connected from the title AND the image. And because I did not want to do this and give the viewer his freedom I came up with this parody which by chance nobody understood and nobody asked. And why? Because everybody is used to titles. Everybody instantly thinks that the artist thought about it and its connection to the image, no matter if you as the viewer understand this connection or not. The common viewer does not think any further, and because of his habits he doesn't even question it or consider the possibility that the title is random and has no connection to whatsoever.
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have fun ^^
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