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notplants

remembering when I was in brooklyn six years ago and the trend had started of “painting” advertisements as “murals” onto walls, somewhat imitating graffiti

and thought about strawberry flavored things with no strawberry etc.

AL

@notplants Yeah, that's essentially Kitsch as well. Something passing itself as the original thing, but with no intention of pretending to BE the original. An interesting book exploring Kitsch is this one: estantevirtual.com.br/livros/a but I don't know about English publications of it.

Estante VirtualLivro: O Kitsch - Abraham Moles | Estante VirtualAbraham Moles - O Kitsch, O Kitsch é sem dúvida um livro fundamental para a compreensão de um sistema estético de comunicação de massa. O termo em seu sentido moderno surgiu em Munique por volta de 1860. Apesar de se constituir em um fenômeno social de grande envergadura, naconsciência das línguas latinas, permanece de forma latente por falta de um vocábulo próprio que o designe. Abraham Moles, bastante conhecido do leitor brasileiro, propõe-se à análise de kitsch através de um método semântico-integrador: parte de diversas acepções do termo para inserir em um amplo quadro sociocultural este estilo-marcado-pela-ausência-de-estilo, que cada vez mais caracteriza o modo de vida da sociedade afluente.
notplants

@garlic_onions I never knew what kitsch meant before, that makes a lot of sense

I guess I enjoy kitsch things when they are bad imitations of something I didn't like in the first place... like fake imitations of "ornate fancy decoration".... or playful imitations, like jewelry made of trash... but maybe unaware kitsch versions of nice things is what feels fake and hallow .. or im not sure.. but interesting

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@notplants Yah I think in this case there's an overlap with Camp. I think trash Jewellery would be Camp because there's a sense of irony and self-awareness to it

AL

@notplants Camp is like self-aware kitsch. It's kitsch as a commentary on the aesthetics of bad-taste

AL

@notplants There are a lot of elements of contemporary western society that are kitsch, specially because nostalgia itself is kitsch. Botanical gardens, for example, are kitsch

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