YOSSAPOL
CHUTIPANYABUT

DEPARTMENTS OF
DIGITAL MEDIA COMMUNICATION

BACKGROUND/SHORT DESCRIPTION

Movements, protests, call-outs, riots, and insurrections: whatever word you would use for calling what is happening all over the world is depending on what side do you take. Many people seem to believe what they are believing is right, probably including you and me. But do you believe that there is a single reality or universal truth? Even if there is, postmodern philosophers for the likes of Michel Foucault, Jean-Francois Lyotard, and Jean Baudrillard would argue, or at least having consensus that it is unachievable due to the limitations of human senses and language barriers. (Branston & Stafford, 2006)

In art, postmodern artists questioned what the value of art really was, and who set the standard of art. Aesthetically, there is no high or low art. Art is not just the work of mere “artist”, hence any artifact could be considered a form of art. Consumer products could be considered art, not only an art for art’s sake. (Sichel, 2018)

This emphasizes that instead of arguing who and what is right, should we embrace the diversity and figure out the way to live peacefully?

None of us are the same. Humans see the world differently both physically and culturally. A society is full of diversity, which sometimes leads to conflict such issues as generation gap, ideology, and believe. Sometimes this leads to violence. Some other times, this leads to war. The problem occurs when one takes his own culture, ideology, or believe being superior than others. What would cure all this is love; in other words, it is relationship. However, love, relation, and peace cannot be happening without mutual respect. Respect is an opened door to embrace diversity in the society, orders, definitions, aesthetics, and opinions.

There are people who literally see things differently, and they are considered not-normal. Here in the piece or work, the concept of normal is challenged, because being normal and standardization is a discursive practice from powers. There are people who take for granted that they are normal. But who is “blind” to make relationship really? The normal or the not-normal?

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