Mimesis/Abstraction
I am interested in Furniss' concepts of mimesis and abstraction as they relate to Trinh Minh-ha's ideas. I think that Furniss was thinking more-so on a purely visual level, as, for example, cartoons are obviously an abstraction of nature. However, I find it interesting that Furniss brought up Andy Warhol's Sleep and other films of this caliber, because that brings content into the picture. Sleep shows the human form captured just about as honestly as the camera can, but why does Furniss put it at the furthest end of the spectrum of mimesis? If we are to go by medium/form alone, wouldn't Sleep be technically just as mimetic as, say, Psycho? The reason I bring this up is that none of Furniss' other examples take content into account. Jurassic Park is cited for its extensive use of CGI, The Three Caballeros for its combination of cartoon and live-action, Snow White as a fairly realistic-looking cartoon, and Hen Hop as a more impressionistic cartoon. I haven't see