Tim Hawkinson’s Emotor (2002) has a title that refers to both a mechanical function and what the mechanism is meant to express. The piece is composed of altered ink-jet prints, plastic and foam core on panel, a monitor, a stepladder, and mechanical components. Like most of Hawkinson’s pieces, Emotor seems to critique the unpredictable ways in which the technologies of postindustrial society have obscured and distorted the perception of the corporeal self.
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A scene from Werner Herzog’s 1975 film based on the life of feral child best addresses the relationship between social environments, developmental conditions, the learning and development of language, and the understanding and appreciation of music.
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