Australian Dostoevsky Society critique “Possibilities”

Nikolai Gladanac, Vice President (Research) of the Australian Dostoevsky Society, discusses Dostoevsky's creative process by exploring the author’s poetics of embodiment and his transformation of socio-historical elements into literary works of art. Gladanac emphasises the infinite meaning of subjectivity and the resistance to generalisations and abstractions in Dostoevsky's work, drawing parallels between Dostoevsky's literary art and its influence on world literature and visual art. The discussion references the photography of Zo Damage and her photographic installation “Possibilities”, which challenges the abstracted, virtualised dimensions of image production in contemporary culture. Go to the Australian Dostoevsky Society website here to read the critique.