I have refined my project’s onjectives and decided to concentrate on one particular piece of text:
An interview with the German psychoanalyst Arno Gruen, who talks about psychological issues such as castration anxiety, sadism and anger on a large scale. The interview The Insanity of Normality is available in German language as MP3 file and as script on the web site of the radio station SWR2:
It is 30 minutes in length, when read.
The interview is interesting because Gruen talks about many social problems that I find important myself. I agree with his view on moderns society in many respects.
The interview is not a deep analysis of psychological issues but a brief discussion of several areas of our lives. Gruen points out the connections between these and I find this interesting.
Some of his ideas:
- Our gerneration has lost perspective on life
- Our society loses solidarity
- We become lonely, narcissistic individuals
- We rely on others feeling responsible
- We reject weakness and sensitivity as problems
- Instead we support competitive behaviour
- We adapt roles and act in order to convince others
I am still considering if and how I can work with these ideas visually.
I am not yet certain, whether the interview will be the only content or just the main content of my project.