?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_id=10.5204%2Fthesis.eprints.116989&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Missed+encounter%3A+Disavowal%2C+apophenia%2C+obscenity+and+reenactment+in+contemporary+art&rft.creator=Butt%2C+Aaron+J.&rft.subject=Apophenia&rft.subject=Contemporary+art&rft.subject=Disavowal&rft.subject=Reenactment&rft.subject=Obscenity&rft.description=The+September+11+attacks+were+designed+as+a+series+of+actions+that+would+symbolise+the+fall+of+American+capitalist+icons+with+the+intention+that+the+images+would+be+globally+disseminated+and+repeated+sensationally.+Despite+the+visibility+of+the+attacks+in+mainstream+media+and+the+subsequent+use+of+paradigmatic+phrases+such+as+'post-9%2F11+art+and+aesthetics'%2C+there+is+a+distinct+lack+of+visual+artworks+that+openly+respond+to+the+events.+This+project+investigates+the+complex+factors+that+have+resulted+in+the+sensational+dissemination+and+yet+subsequent+disavowal+of+the+September+11+attacks+in+mainstream+media+and+visual+art.+This+process+of+disavowal%2C+consisting+of+abstracting+text+and+images+until+they+become+simulacral+fragments+that+do+not+immediately+conjure+the+events%2C+facilitates+an+unexpected+and+irrational+connectivity+known+as+apophenia%2C+a+key+discovery+in+the+project.&rft.publisher=Queensland+University+of+Technology&rft.date=2018&rft.type=Thesis&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F116989%2F2%2FAaron%2520Butt%2520Thesis.pdf&rft.rights=free_to_read&rft.relation=doi%3A10.5204%2Fthesis.eprints.116989&rft.relation=Butt%2C+Aaron+J.+(2018)+Missed+encounter%3A+Disavowal%2C+apophenia%2C+obscenity+and+reenactment+in+contemporary+art.+Masters+by+Research+by+Creative+Works%2C+Queensland+University+of+Technology.&rft.id_number=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F116989%2F&rft.identifier=Creative+Industries+Faculty%3B+School+of+Creative+Practice