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Art and trauma

D Laub, D Podell

    The International Journal of Psycho-Analysis
    |October 1, 1995
    PubMed
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    The art of trauma, through its indirect and dialogic nature, offers effective representations of traumatic experiences. Survival itself can be viewed as an art of trauma, involving creative comprehension of reality.

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    Area of Science:

    • Psychology
    • Trauma Studies
    • Art Theory

    Background:

    • Trauma's core is absence and annihilation, precluding direct representation.
    • Effective trauma representation requires indirect, unaestheticised, and dialogic approaches.
    • The 'art of trauma' concept emerges as a potential medium for addressing these challenges.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To establish the 'art of trauma' as a viable medium for representing traumatic experiences.
    • To explore the role of witnessing presence in counteracting trauma's annihilating effects.
    • To examine survival as a form of 'art of trauma' and its relation to creative reality comprehension.

    Main Methods:

    • Analysis of artistic works by Paul Celan, Anselm Kiefer, Claude Lanzmann, Art Spiegelman, and Anne-Marie Levine.

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    • Main Results:

    • The art of trauma, characterized by indirectness and dialogue, facilitates effective representation.
    • Witnessing presence in art acts as an antidote to trauma's internal annihilation.
    • Survival, when coupled with creative reality comprehension, constitutes a form of the art of trauma.

    Conclusions:

    • The art of trauma provides a unique framework for understanding and representing traumatic experiences.
    • Representation of trauma involves inherent limits and a continuous struggle for comprehension.
    • Art dealing with trauma occupies a dual space of witnessing and emptiness.