The Artist is Absent: Davey Wreden and The Beginner’s Guide

patreon: tumblr: twitter: transcript: Amanda Gay Watkins’ art: resources: SEMIOTICS A good place to start is Folding Ideas’ (really old) video on signs and memes: Here’s a whole site on it when you wanna go more in depth: DEATH OF THE AUTHOR I’d say the best place to start would be the essay “Greatly Exaggerated“ by David Foster Wallace, but it’s, sadly, not online. It’s in this book: Here’s a rundown of the essay: Here’s Roland Barthes original essay that coined the phrase: And here’s Michel Foucault’s expansion of the theory: ENUNCIATION THEORY The best way to acquaint yourself with enunciation theory is to read through the glossary of Casetti’s Inside the Gaze: ...but here’s an article on it: Laura Mandanas’ take on TBG: Liz Ryerson’s take: Robert Yang’s take: