Lesson 5 : Juxtaposition 1

This weeks lecture was given by Sharifah Nur Antasha. I honestly think the topic she was talking about was fancy. She talked about what Juxtaposition is. Juxtaposition is mainly and opposition of things. Either it is text or objects this word can be applied to both. They are mainly to see the contrast or and act of seeing the comparison of these both. Juxtaposition can be either mainly in literary context or can also be seen in arts. However, juxtaposition in art has also the same meaning but is done to create a certain kind of effect or feeling when relate to the art. It is often seen the opposition and contrast of these elements which draw the viewers attention to differences or similarities of them.

Juxtaposition is an act of putting 2 things side by side to make a compare and contrast view on them. It is a very common and popular approach in creative processes. There are different catogaries of juxtaposition. In class we have learnt that there is literary juxtaposition and random juxtaposition. What varies this 2 groups are as follows. Literary juxtaposition means that synonymous to contrast these 2 elements or objects or even text. These 2 might oppose one another. Often examples are showin in sentences that use the words like "but/however/although". However, random juxtaposition means putting 2 objects side by side allowing them to move in parallel. This technique is seen to be able to stimulate creativity or also known as lateral thinking.

Here is 2 website examples that i thought might be interesting and might clarify a better explanation on what literary and random juxtaposition are.

Literary Juxtaposition : http://www.longleaf.net/ggrow/Skspre/Juxtaposition.html
Random Juxtaposition : http://www.edwarddebono.com/PassageDetail.php?passage_id=628&

Besides that here is a youtube for you to see what an example of juxtaposition is like. Here is an example for Films. Click the title below or you can youtube it up yourself.

Back and Forth (Juxtaposition film)

Photo References :

http://arttherapy.ning.com/profiles/blogs/juxtaposition-1
http://scienceblogs.com/bioephemera/2008/04/juxtaposition_1.php
http://hoofcare.blogspot.com/2008/08/but-is-it-art-new-york-museum-goers.html
http://j-walkblog.com/index.php?/weblog/comments/barbie_jewelry/
http://tommcnease.tripod.com/id57.html