SAA Research Seminar - “Trusting our engagement with fourth wall breaks" - 28 April

[Murray Smith]

The Aesthetics Research Centre warmly invites you to an upcoming research seminar organised by the School of Arts and Architecture at the University of Kent:

April 28th 5pm BST - Hybrid (room TBC and online here)

“Trusting our engagement with fourth wall breaks," Ella LaRose, University of Arizona

Fictional characters exist within their fictions; they do not possess the capability to see into the real world. We do not sit down to read the next chapter of our favorite book and find fictional characters commenting on whether our shirt washes us out, how dim the lighting is within our room, or whether we are living up to our potential. Fourth wall breaks challenge this assumption—it feels like we are being seen, understood, and spoken to in a wholly unconventional way. This talk explores to what extent we should trust this feeling, and whether or not fourth wall breaks are illusions.

Ella LaRose is a fourth-year Philosophy Ph.D. candidate at the University of Arizona. She is a Russell J. And Dorothy S. Bilinski Fellow. Ella mainly works on issues in aesthetics. Her current projects tend to exist at the intersection of aesthetics and philosophy of language. She is currently working on her dissertation on fourth wall breaks in film and across other media. You can find her website here. 

Any queries, please contact Rowan Guyver: rg...@kent.ac.uk

Murray Smith
Professor of Philosophy, Art, and Film

Director, Aesthetics Research Centre
University of Kent

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