9/15 blog entry

For this blog entry i am going to discuss the work/concept called The Symbolic Efficiency of The Frame. This work is found on the Networked Performance link from the Flawedart.net website. This work, as described on the website, tries to explore "how we perceive reality and relate to our history." Slavoj Zizek states that ”Is this not a pure case of the symbolic efficiency of the frame as such? A barren zone is given a fantasmatic status, elevated into a spectacle, solely by being enframed. Nothing substantially changes here – it is merely that, viewed through the frame, reality turns into its own appearance.” He is saying that something we see everyday can be brought to our attention or made to seem a lot more important than the object or scene actually is. also mentioned in the explanation of this project is that the frame of something is not only physical, but mostly a mental tool to help, or hurt our perception of the world and society.
This "frame" can be seen as not only something that can take an everyday scene and make it meaningful, but also something that can mentally be another way to see the same situation. The "frames" that are talked about here may be just a way to see something in a different context. Depending on the context of the situation somebody is in they can have their mindset of the situation changed. An example of this would be if somebody you just met seemed like a good friend, however there was a "frame" put around them from others who say that they are a really horrible person. This would change how you think about the person even if it is only slightly.