Abstract
This article analyzes elements that function as repetitions in pieces of art. We demonstrate how repetition, together with Freud’s concept of the uncanny (Unheimlich) can be seen in the artist’s need to have a new encounter with the same piece in order to once again meet what is most radical in oneself. We utilize the contemporary aesthetic theory of Jacques Derrida and Georges Didi-Huberman as theoretical framework, as they observe the phenomenon of devaluation (désaisissement), which is an impossibility of visibility that causes a blindness towards the object. We present a brief clinical review of a case we dealt with wherein the experience of emotions is hampered, favoring the appearance of a repeated speech in the clinic.
Keywords:
repetition; weird; aesthetics; devaluation