Lecture 3 Law and Art

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Art provides an imaginative way of thinking about law. the similaraties between law and art extend to culture, as a method of conveying social class and a method of learning. they convey faith, trust, connection, ego and anxiety- law is emotion. art is everywhere, a legacy. It creates ideas.

The idea of the BLIND in law.

the blind judge is 500 years old

Bodicei:

images are fundamental to our culture.

imagination v imaginary v imaginal

in the mind v not real

individual v collective myths

imaginal is somewhere in the middle.

MAPS

these are not neutral. the world map is disproportionate and focuses on Europe

Images and today

more important than ever as they can help sway elections, brands. Distance ourselves from asylum seekers. They are better at eliciting emotion than words alone.

critical thinking should but is not often applied to images

Mexico: cauduro images

crimes of justice pictures in the mexico supreme court.

Law happens all around us. it uses realism but if you look closer the people are translucent.

what is important are the places, the people are mere memories.

the walls and the law separate things.

what lies behind/within?