An Artists exploration of the mythic, subconscious and literary constructions of military interventions in the Indo-Pacific

Q1 Arts and Humanities

Critical Military Studies Pub Date : 2022-06-15 DOI:10.1080/23337486.2022.2088082

C. Gopalkrishnan

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ABSTRACT In this article I share my experience of using William Blake’s 1793 poem America a Prophecy as a lens to explore the mythic, subconscious and literary constructions of military interventions in the Indo-Pacific for my painting Australia a Prophecy. For this painting I invited Blake’s 18th century character Orc to travel forward in time to Australia to guide an alternative imaginary lens, rather than the conventional political, military or international intervention analysis that is currently shaping the region where I live. Along the way Blake’s poem also inspired insights into the complex emotions and desires which seem to be driving the masculine messianic archetypal thinking of new global conflicts. Using poetry and literature has been part of my visual art practice throughout my 36-year artistic practice. I have not followed a formal or academic artistic pathway. Instead, I have chosen an experimental and experiential journey of self-learning by collaborating with artists and researchers on topics as I strive to understand the human condition. In my search to identify the hidden narratives that underpin our political and military decisions I have used various metaphors including Broadway and Hollywood musicals, medieval French epic poetry and literary and religious texts. I hope the story behind my painting will help to stimulate conversations between experts from completely different backgrounds to explore the hidden narratives that drive our political and military decisions.

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艺术家对印度太平洋地区军事干预的神话、潜意识和文学结构的探索

摘要在这篇文章中，我分享了我的经验，我用威廉·布莱克1793年的诗歌《美国是预言》作为镜头，为我的画作《澳大利亚是预言》探索印度洋-太平洋军事干预的神话、潜意识和文学建构。在这幅画中，我邀请了布莱克18世纪的角色兽人及时前往澳大利亚，以引导另一种想象的镜头，而不是目前正在塑造我居住地区的传统政治、军事或国际干预分析。一路上，布莱克的诗也激发了人们对复杂情感和欲望的深刻理解，这些情感和欲望似乎推动了新的全球冲突的男性救世主原型思维。在我36年的艺术实践中，诗歌和文学一直是我视觉艺术实践的一部分。我没有走正式或学术的艺术道路。相反，我选择了一段实验性和体验性的自学之旅，在努力了解人类状况的同时，与艺术家和研究人员就主题进行合作。在寻找支撑我们政治和军事决策的隐藏叙事时，我使用了各种隐喻，包括百老汇和好莱坞音乐剧、中世纪法国史诗以及文学和宗教文本。我希望我画作背后的故事将有助于激发来自完全不同背景的专家之间的对话，探索推动我们政治和军事决策的隐藏叙事。

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期刊介绍： Critical Military Studies provides a rigorous, innovative platform for interdisciplinary debate on the operation of military power. It encourages the interrogation and destabilization of often taken-for-granted categories related to the military, militarism and militarization. It especially welcomes original thinking on contradictions and tensions central to the ways in which military institutions and military power work, how such tensions are reproduced within different societies and geopolitical arenas, and within and beyond academic discourse. Contributions on experiences of militarization among groups and individuals, and in hitherto underexplored, perhaps even seemingly ‘non-military’ settings are also encouraged. All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to double-blind peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. The Journal also includes a non-peer reviewed section, Encounters, showcasing multidisciplinary forms of critique such as film and photography, and engaging with policy debates and activism.