Hold the abyss. Notes on the sublime ludic
Abstract
In this article I am going to propose and develop some notes on the concept of the ludic sublime. I defend that contemporary culture inherits Nietzsche’s Aesthetics, which provided a sense of game and fun to the experience of the unlimited and stood against the presupposition of seriousness and solemnity of Burke’s and Kant’s modern Aesthetics on the sublime. In order to illustrate and achieve this purpose I am going to present and analyse three images of the abyss in contemporary Aesthetics: the dangerous sport of bungee jumping, the mirrored sunglasses as a reinterpretation of Friedrich’s Wanderer above the Sea of Foge and the extreme selfie.
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